Sentence examples for delicate patchwork from inspiring English sources

But word that the project is moving forward has already drawn many outsiders, threatening to upend the delicate patchwork of ethnic populations.

The delicate patchwork beings, at once whole and dissected, suggest a mind-bogglingly painstaking process for all concerned, as well as artist-model relationships of unusual intimacy.

A pair of newcomers (winners of the Fashion Council's Open Runway competition) also had strong, if more arty, showings: Amabelle Aguiluz's collection was an exquisitely delicate-looking patchwork of stitched-together knits, and Rhode Island School of Design grad Rose La Grua's grab bag of plaids and washed-to-pale-blue denim pieces had a punk-street-wear vibe.

Every single hedge in this typical patchwork corner of lowland Britain is also mapped in delicate grey lines.

See appliqué; patchwork.

English patchwork was subtle.

A patchwork quilt of vineyards?

I had a patchwork record.

But the efforts were patchwork.

It was a patchwork policy.

Obamacare has created a patchwork.