Sentence examples for delicate as a from inspiring English sources

Wallace's mother remembers that David emerged as delicate as a child.

In fact, Stanwyck completely upstages Fonda, who looks as delicate as a Lalique vase.

At times, he seems as delicate as a just-peeled orange, full to bursting with emotions.

Intricate hairnets of raindrops appear on the children's heads, as delicate as a sugarwork lattice.

Stylistically, The Duke of Burgundy is an aesthete's dream – meticulously refined, delicate as a fritillary's wing.

Not even experts can judge with certainty the future of an animal as simultaneously mighty and delicate as a horse.

A network of tiny fungi, delicate as a baby's shawl, can play a crucial role in feeding a giant tree.

Ever since she was a child, she has been indulged, her life as delicate as a teacup.

He'd seen her, day after day, at her desk in the technology department, poised and delicate as a china figurine.

A fantastical red windmill rears out of glowering cobalt, monumental and yet delicate as a paper silhouette.

Consistently smart and delicate as a spider web, "Bridge to Terabithia" is the kind of children's movie rarely seen nowadays.