Sentence examples for delicate clever from inspiring English sources

Predictably, as a parent myself, I found His Struggle absorbing, delicate, clever, cannily plotted.

Using hardy southern French ingredients as his departure point, Mr. Matsushima alchemically works them into delicate, clever and exquisitely presented dishes like red tomato gazpacho with a scoop of bright green basil-almond sorbet.

Lyrics like "We strive for a delicate balance of clever distraction and fear / We glorify money and pity the poor / We're keeping it corporate safe and secure" are catchy, but hit a little close to home for comfort.

The glow of a Rothko; the energy of a Pollock; the neon-bright funk of a Warhol; the spare beauty of Emily Dickinson's words and the looping, loping garrulousness of J.D. Salinger's; sublime Miles Davis and clever-clever Sondheim; the delicate shuffling humanity of Neil Simon and the muscularity of David Mamet; the loony-but-true universes of David Sedaris and Garry Trudeau.

This took a turn for the better with The Boxer and Simon's clever interpretation of Sting's delicate ode, Fragile.

Much of this achievement depends on subtle and clever political support to a delicate cultural ecosystem in which both public subsidy and private enterprise play their part.

And it has even cleverer young scientists adept at the delicate art of interferometry.

THE skin of the swordfish is tough as leather, and no amount of cooking or clever technique will turn it into anything delicate or crisp or even edible, for that matter.

The proliferation, differentiation, and quiescence of NPCs/NSCs are under strict control and kept in delicate balance in embryonic as well as in adult brains (Simons and Clevers 2011; Stine and Matunis 2013).

Jackson's first, a clever deflection past the goalkeeper, was matched only by his second, a delicate lift past the keeper from close range.

You can both do hard-core country and poke fun at it, but it's a delicate balance, and Mr. Fulks seems horrified at being seen as the guy who writes clever sendups of country music.