His features were delicate and alert and his smile nearly endearing".
Phrase after phrase came alive, always naturally, from a judicious molding of dynamics (down toward extremes of delicate pianissimo), an alert trill or a nice feel for color and texture.
He was immaculately groomed, with neatly trimmed dark hair and an alert, delicate-featured face behind big glasses.
And with Gergiev alert to the delicate orchestral colours of the song cycle Les Nuits d'Été, notably the shivering woodwinds as the ghostly shadows fall in Au Cimetière, there was much idiomatic playing to enjoy.
How do you teach them the delicate task of sensing patients' moods and being alert to sudden changes?
With us was a doctor who looked barely into his twenties, quick and sure in his movements, an alert, serious type, with glasses and delicate, sharp features.
Max has the knowledge and artistry to alert us to the fearsome, glorious, delicate constellation of sounds that make listening incredible.
When parents have been asked to describe their 24-hour old infants, they have done so using gender-stereotypic language: boys are describes as strong, alert and coordinated and girls as tiny, soft and delicate.
Two of his pets have faces that could stop a clock, but Namina, the toy, is a delicate beauty with the snout of a Gainsborough maiden, an aloof manner, alert and inquisitive eyes.
He was tentative, alert to any little sound or look of disapproval; if you moved too quickly, he flinched, as delicate and lithe as a water bug.
