Sentence examples for delicate ear from inspiring English sources

Kind sir, please desist: it is offending our delicate ear trumpets.

Many systems transfer music with some fidelity, but few well enough to please a connoisseur's delicate ear.

That's when I noticed him several pillows away: a lanky man in a button-down shirt, his blond hair dangling over a delicate ear.

But underneath, other things are going on: sophisticated interruptions, cleverly placed accents, an off-kilter stream of music that always makes sense, a delicate ear for instrumental combinations.

She does not have a delicate ear for text, to put it mildly, and the house acting style of the SITI Company favors movement over literate interpretation.

Note of Gloom: Not only have Manhattan kids been deprived of the hurdy-gurdy, since it offended the delicate ear of Mayor LaGuardia, but now they've lost even the throaty oom-ph-ph which accompanies all normal merry-go-rounds.

She gave pretty gross offence, at times, to delicate ears.

Delicate ears beware: the language may get fruity.

They weren't storied unsuitable for the delicate ears of the ladies either - it was just the Minister being witty.

What subjects are just too painful for the delicate ears of singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley? "Well, no questions about his personal life for a start".

For those with delicate ears, painful things might include Mr. Zorn's music, which is pitched at the decibel level of a Metallica concert.