Sentence examples for as delicacy from inspiring English sources

Detail is generally understood as delicacy, miniature of part of the unit.

Consider, for example, the claim central and distinctive to Alison's theory that the emotions of beauty and sublimity depend on simple emotions such as delicacy, grace, dignity, and majesty.

The tunas (Thunnini) include the most economically important species referred to as principal market tunas because of their global economic importance and their intensive international trade for canning and sashimi (raw fish regarded as delicacy in Japan and increasingly, in several other countries).

Blue crab, (genus Callinectes), any of a genus of crustaceans of the order Decapoda (phylum Arthropoda), particularly Callinectes sapidus and C. hastatus, common edible crabs of the western Atlantic coast that are prized as delicacies.

An evening with McKennitt was a cloistered interlude in a carefully pruned garden of tonal delights, with a touch of mystery-as-delicacy.

Few actors have approached a television role with as much delicacy and respect for the community represented as Tambor did.

Seafood, goose and duck are prominently featured, as well as delicacies like shark's fin and bird's nest.

Affluent citizens of early Rome often kept parrots in their homes and even esteemed them as delicacies of the dinner table.

Similarly southern Europeans are happy to eat the internal part of animals or brown chicken meat, using tripe in stews or sweetbreads as delicacies in upmarket restaurants.

And he's far from alone – for an island nation, Britons are still very squeamish about fish, particularly those bits that other cultures regard as delicacies.

As delicacies in China, they fetch 60 cents to 80 cents a pound, a price that no other foreign market comes close to matching, according to industry experts.