Sentence examples for delicate glove from inspiring English sources

The skin of her feet sometimes came off like a delicate glove, a mysterious artifact from a distant time and place.

The delicate white gloves now demanded by Conservation made it particularly exciting when I inspected the single surviving Wardrobe Book of Marie Antoinette in the archives nationales in Paris - to say nothing of the presence of armed gendarmes behind me, quite ready to defend this treasure of France to the death (mine).

With a golden cigarette filter held between the silk fingers of elbow-length gloves, taking delicate bites of chocolate torte between drags, she belongs to another century.

IN the Met's "Princely Splendor," a portrait of the Elector August of Saxony shows him looking stout and resolute, with a handlebar moustache and delicate fingers grasping leather gloves.

They are so smooth inside that they are safe for delicate articles like scarves and gloves.

Gather your supplies: paper and plastic bags for herbs, cardboard boxes for delicate flowers and berries, gardening gloves (with latex coating if going after stinging nettles or thistles), a secateur or other pruning shear (some people prefer knives), and clothing suitable for climate, terrain, and potential skin irritation.

His delicious poem, "The Ruined Maid" tells the story of a rough country girl meeting a former associate on the farm and learning about the better quality of life she led in her disgrace: "Your hands were like paws then, your face blue and bleak / But now I'm bewitched by your delicate cheek, / And your little gloves fit as on any la-dy!" / "We never do work when we're ruined," said she".

We must wear kid gloves when handling this delicate aspect of the public pot if we are to protect legal aid's raison d'être.

An early champion of aseptic procedures, Halsted introduced (1890) the use of thin rubber gloves that do not impede the delicate touch demanded by surgery.

It's a mighty powerful bourbon, but with a delicate touch -- the iron fist in the velvet glove.

Erdem Moralioglu, whose saturated prints once identified the designer and influenced international fashion, made a delicate move: He spun dresses -- not to mention gloves -- from the finest lace that acted almost as a veil to print.