'delicate' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'delicate' with 11 example sentences.
- delicate adjective
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: marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
: easily broken or damaged or destroyed
: easily hurt
: developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
: difficult to handle; requiring great tact
: of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
: exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
That girl has very delicate features.
That's a very delicate subject.
Payment systems are delicate and unstable - Cash is safer.
A rose's petals are very delicate.
The president declined to answer the delicate question.
He was a weak and delicate child.
A baby has delicate skin.
We need to study this delicate question very carefully.
The spider spun her delicate web in the garden.
Can I ask you a delicate question?
She showed a great deal of wit in handling the delicate question.