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Example sentences for: dainty
How can you use “dainty” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
I dream'd this mortal part of mineWas Metamorphoz'd to a Vine;Which crawling one and every wayEnthralled my dainty Lucia .Me thought, her long small legs & thighsI with my Tendrils did surprize;Her Belly, Buttocks, and her WasteBy my soft Nerv'lits were embrac'd :About her head I writhing hung,And with rich clusters (hid amongThe leaves) her temples I behung:So that my Lucia seem'd to meYoung Bacchus ravisht by his tree.My curles about her neck did craule,And armes and hands they did enthrall;So that she could not freely stir,(All parts there made one prisoner.)
It is also possible they are a corruption of poppet, poppit, poppette, poopet, from the French poupette doll, an endearment still used though ancient, poppet being the name for a pretty child or a dainty young woman.
At ground level, seedy or amusing ( depending on your point of view) shops sell sex wares, attracting customers from all walks of life; but don’t get too distracted, else you’ll miss the rows of dainty gables, quirky wall plaques, and window boxes brimming with flowers, which give the whole area a cheery feel.
We are now perversely disposed to do the same thing with clumpy boots that box feet in or puffy shoes that muffle them up with blobs or colorful wadding, to which delicious concoctions have been added--the weighty clogs with dainty straps, the lofty heels with splayed bottoms.
In effect, the name was an ironic compliment, a friendly jest passed from one scruffy and uncouth people (the traders themselves were hardly known for their dainty manicures and designer coiffures) to another.
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