'delicate hint' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to a subtle, indirect suggestion or cue. For example, "She dropped a delicate hint that she wanted to go to the beach, so I bought us beach towels for her birthday."
Many of these women seem to wear black, which gives just a delicate hint of vampirism to the scene.
And make sure you keep the syrup left over from poaching the peaches – freeze it in small portions, and use in ice-creams, sorbets and cocktails: it will lend them a delicate hint of peachiness.
IF you had to guess that Shreve was an Oprah-anointed author from one sentence, it would be that one, I think: the brief glance at the pleasures afforded by this world, the delicate hint of more spiritual matters, the glum refusal to have anything resembling fun.
Only the delicate hint of onion was needed to make Onion Cheese, otherwise, you were just eating onions.
("Reign Over Me" pulls an almost identical trick. I live for these delicate hints).
I love the way delicate hints of kirsch, from ripe pinot noir, burst forth from the glass, even though this is quite a robust wine.
These visits — required for every Bayern player — are an annual tradition, one that hints at a surprisingly delicate touch for a club of Bayern's size.
So there's something wonderfully self-knowing about the lyrics of Fear of Fragility, where talk of the joys of "delicate flesh" hint at the age-old tale of the machine/robot/wooden toy who wishes to become human.
Grown on steep limestone slopes in the French Alps, this crisp, minerally white is fresh and delicate, with hints of lime and talc.
An unusual dish was dobin-mushi, a delicate broth, hinting of the sea, served in saki cups from a matching pottery teapot.
Megan Fairchild is delicate with a hint of steel in the pizzicato pointe work of her final solo, and amusing in her rolling-eyed exasperation at the Marquis (an appropriately louche Adam Hendrickson).
