Sentence examples for delicate creatures from inspiring English sources

I felt increasingly oafish among such delicate creatures.

"We wish to honor women with this ban, because they are delicate creatures".

I don't know the origin of the idea that writers are such delicate creatures, barely able to withstand public scrutiny of their genius, but it seems ever-present.

Antelopes, small birds, and other delicate creatures are not allowed to be fed by the public; the lions are also fed in the old-fashioned way.

Never mind the hats and masks: from now on for us Carnival in Venice will evoke the delicate creatures of the Venetian Lagoon.

"Women are fragile and delicate creatures; that is why men should lead the way to distant planets and carry women there in their strong hands".

A delicate creature, he could not find food, or feed himself if he stumbled across some.

The singer, born Chan Marshall, is a delicate creature, to put it mildly.

For all its desert toughness, the Joshua tree is a delicate creature.

This, she reckons, is the crucial difference between Heartburn and Margaret Cook's slash-and-burn memoir, A Slight And Delicate Creature.

By Maddy Vegtel Griffith The New Yorker, November 18 , 1944P. 77 Reminiscences from schooldays in Holland during the last war; of unheated, unlighted rooms, poor food, etc. Tells about Rose, a Polish girl, a delicate creature, much disliked by her schoolmates.