dainty

Example Sentences

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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

This “Hamlet” isn’t a dainty affair but a colorful attack meant to reanimate a cracking good tale.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

"We’re not planning on making it all dainty and quaint. We’re putting the pedal down."

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

Foods like salad and Jell-O were seen as dainty and understood to be women's cuisine.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024

She might have looked dainty and decorative, but she was a stalwart woman with a strong grip.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix