delicate

Example Sentences

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“Layoffs remain quite low, keeping the labor market in a delicate balance.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The glass replicas of flowers are so delicate and precise that the narrator sees them “as organic one instant and as artificial the next.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Reliably pulling off this high-energy yet delicate dance isn’t easy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

We see them appear out of the dark at speed to make the delicate manoeuvre to feed their fuel-hungry jets - locking on to a hose trailing from the tanker wing.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

I stood there for a long time watching her take delicate bites of the brack, wondering how it must be to have so much food.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff