indelicacy

Example Sentences

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I was listening to them talk of quality and seasonability when the young perfumer, with all the indelicacy of a greenhorn, announced, “I have some oudh.”

From New York Times

Almost every interviewer he has faced has tried to lure him into some sort of indelicacy.

From The Guardian

But it would be a shame if the current call for respectful depictions ruled out an approach that can cleave the knot of the subject with splendid indelicacy.

From The Guardian

His indelicacy made him poorly suited to enter the charged world of wolf politics.

From New York Times

It was an accusation against a close U.S. ally that had never been voiced so publicly and with such indelicacy.

From Seattle Times