Sentence examples for delicate shell from inspiring English sources

Last year's Mercury music prize nomination changed all that, although fame hasn't extracted her from her delicate shell.

And low tide reveals sandbars and rocks that could damage a rower's delicate shell and tear off the fin that helps stabilize it in the water.

A pool of dried paint fills a plaster receptacle; a delicate shell of dried paint is the empty skin of the missing form it covered.

In short, they have different nanostructures, which is why cement crumbles when cut thin, but delicate shells endure.

The 200 or so residents collect delicate shells to make leis that sell for thousands of dollars.

And the cast artfully matches its surroundings, never cracking the delicate shells of characters who seem to turn into fanciful line drawings before your eyes.

Dyeing, painting, decorating, and beautifying the delicate shells are an adventure of their own.

Take extra care for the delicate shells.

Surrounding and supporting the chocolate is a delicate pastry shell, thin but as butter-rich as shortbread.

In lobster vol-au-vent, a house favorite, creamy leeks filled the delicate pastry shell, and claw meat were playfully posed with green and white asparagus spears.

A hearty "Low Country boil," filled with shrimp, sausage and local produce, is likely to be followed the next evening by chicken and boursin cheese wrapped in a delicate pastry shell.