Example sentences for: delicate

How can you use “delicate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The tour includes Frederick’s splendid Konzertsaal (Concert Chamber) where walls and ceiling are overlaid with a delicate gilt filigree.

  • Balancing domestic interests and relations with the American neighbor became increasingly delicate.

  • The hard rock here was conducive to delicate carving, carried out on a monumental scale for about 400 years starting in a.d. 494.

  • Since the Han Dynasty, China has been exporting delicate silk fabrics in brilliant colors.

  • An op-ed by Indian journalist Sunanda K. Datta-Ray in the International Herald Tribune highlighted India's dilemma: "India has to walk a delicate path between capitulation to the hijackers and appearing callous about the hostages.


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