Sentence examples for delicate presence from inspiring English sources

White, a delicate presence in conversation, miraculously transforms on stage into someone bigger and bolder.

She was a delicate presence — not tentative so much as gentle.

In Radcliffe's case, however, because of her delicate presence and demeanour, they are magnified as either insuperable hurdles or maddeningly recurring excuses.

From there, the road was a thin, almost delicate presence that wound its way in tight curves along the coast, its surface a staccato of bright sunlight and shadows cast by overhanging trees.

A delicate, gossamer presence, he can be frustrating at times.

These shadows have their own presence, delicate patterns of light, color and line.

Making matters even more delicate was the presence of Mr. James's wife, Mary, who has attended nearly every court session.

The firm behind the design, 1100 Architect, says on its Web site that the "gradual shifts of color within the stone surface" create a "delicate" yet "distinguished" presence in the area.

Newton crash-lands in a small town where he is befriended by a hotel receptionist Mary Lou Candy Clarkk) in whose presence this delicate stripling faints; she has to carry him to his room – an extraordinary sequence.

Marianela Nuñez, who danced Sylvia on opening night, has a lively presence and delicate musical timing – I love the way the last stretch of her fingertips will round off a phrase.

The police presence, however delicate, is the consequence of something new: an epidemic of petty crime in Paris that has traumatized the city in ways that seem disproportionate to the real damage it has done — and therefore, many think, must reflect a crisis rooted elsewhere.