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'delicate' in a sentence

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delicate adjective

: 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.
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