dainty

It’s possible the blaze incinerated the dainty purple-and-white flowers before they could drop seeds this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

This statue yassifies Trump, sucking out his buccal fat, virilizing his features, carefully excising all of the dainty feyness that, whether he likes it or not, is crucial to capturing the unique Trump disposition.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

The simplicity of the tins, their demure size and dainty contents, which often feature organic health foods, are meant to embody whimsy.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, a climate-focused investor alliance, used this dainty phrase when it relaunched this week without mentioning its original goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

He leads us past dainty tables, like white iron lace, each holding a small vase of carnations.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

This interests me as a writer because sometimes these dainties appear unbidden, and you know you’re onto something.

From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2019

Running mate Sen. Tim Kaine himself, in fact, appears at a private tasting in Manhattan featuring dainties from 15 fancy chefs and hosted by celebrity chef Katie Lee.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2016

Playing cards Writing love poetry Practising fencing moves In which work of fiction portraying the English aristocracy do crust-free cucumber dainties become the object of a lie?

From BBC ● May 16, 2012

The restaurants’ Mad Hatter Tea ramps up the traditional three tiers of dainties for Americans whose eyes are never bigger than their stomachs.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2011

But indeed, we had no stomach for our Greek dainties, once he had delivered his bitter mouthful.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Botox is now injected behind the ears to tilt them forward, creating the illusion of a smaller, daintier face.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025

By its nature, it’s nearly anonymous work, with stunt performers doubling for daintier stars.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

The song “Firefly” starts off a little slower, a swoon-worthy saxophone partnered with a dainty piano and even daintier triangle.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

Then her mistress handed her off to her mother and began carting around her daintier public replacement, Bambi.

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2021

Red oaks lead long lives, longer than our daintier friends black willows, persimmons, apples, and redbuds.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

The Bazaar also serves the country’s daintiest chicken wings, which are confited, deboned, pressed, fried and treated to a doll-size cube of blue cheese and a housemade hot sauce enriched with chicken jus.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023

Adding an electric motor completely transforms the experience, making even the daintiest of parents feel superhuman.

From The Verge ● May 26, 2020

Jones doesn’t crack the slightest of smiles as she sings one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s daintiest tunes, “Many a New Day”:

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 16, 2019

It started with the electric guitar but moved to Moog synthesizers in the 70′s, godawful keytars in the 80′s, and to today’s daintiest of bikers, Daft Punk.

From Forbes ● May 29, 2015

And then, when the magnet was placed beneath, you have seen those ugly bits of metal dance into the daintiest designs, fairy curves and most symmetrical figures.

From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Amos R. Wells