Sentence examples for delicate head from inspiring English sources

It derives from the Dutch word flaauwte, meaning failure or weakness and was once a colloquial term for the angelica plant – a delicate head on a sturdy stem.

When the time came for the archbishop to place the weighty crown on Elizabeth's delicate head, I swear nobody watching or listening took a breath until it was finally settled, and the shout of "God save the Queen!" rang out.

The bike soon goes missing ("We didn't even get a chance to say goodbye," she murmurs), but Poppy keeps moving forward and dancing and jumping and laughing and nodding her dark, delicate head as if she were agreeing not just with this or that friend but also with life itself.

The figure of Judith, absurdly massive with an oddly delicate head, dressed in silk and pearls, smiles cheerfully while grasping Holofernes's decapitated head in an improbably huge hand, as her alarming-looking maid, with a mannish face, leans menacingly toward us.

"Rests soft wittle delicate head on perfect tan shoulder!".

Get your favorite pillows fluffed up for cushioning your delicate head.

Thoroughbreds have delicate heads, slim bodies, broad chests, and short backs.

The black-and-white "Dames" has it all, beginning with "The Girl at the Ironing Board" and its witty homage to "Swan Lake," in which a laundry room comes alive with swans as dancers slip their arms into white fabric, curving their palms like delicate heads.

Josephine La Bella, 25, who works at a payroll company, likes to tackle the delicate subject head on.

At 9 feet long, the elegantly curved skeleton, with its delicate, birdlike head and sweeping tail, might look nice in a living room.

The work ranged from elaborate prestige commissions to modest, delicate animal-head spoons.