Sentence examples for delicate children from inspiring English sources

Had he been a delicate child, he might have found playmates, soul mates, among other delicate children.

June was sent to a boarding school for "delicate children", a tough experience during which she quickly learned to assert herself.

The only real holidays I had during the war were visits to a favorite aunt in Cheshire, in the midst of Delamere Forest, where she had founded the Jewish Fresh Air School for "delicate children".

The only real holidays I had during the war were visits to a favorite aunt in Cheshire, in the midst of Delamere Forest, where she had founded the Jewish Fresh Air School for "delicate children". All the children, indeed, had little gardens of their own, squares of earth a couple of yards wide, bordered by stones.

How to convert such a delicate children's book to TV? Lovely hand-drawn animation does justice to Helen Oxenbury's illustrations of siblings embarking on an adventure; Michael Rosen's percussive, repetitive words present a bigger problem.

Given the gaudy violence that frequently moves his stories forward and keeps them jumping, it may come as something of a surprise that he has directed a heartfelt, emotionally delicate children's movie about life and death and all the parts in between.

A delicate child, Watt was taught for a time at home by his mother; later, in grammar school, he learned Latin, Greek, and mathematics.

One girlfriend that she idolized was Gwedolyn, a lovely delicate child who was lavished with affection by her family because she had diabetes.

He was born in Marylebone in 1817, the delicate child of a London piano tuner, and knew poverty and suffering at first hand.

While he was homesick at a Gloucestershire boarding school, Janet was being taught at home by a Miss Francis, school being considered a risk for a delicate child.

The potential consequences of legal aid cuts were grappled with in a family court in Leicester when a judge called on representatives of Chris Grayling, the Lord Chancellor, to explore how to proceed in a delicate child custody case.