Sentence examples for delicate spirit from inspiring English sources

"You are being selfish": Often the person wanting to commit suicide has an overload of care for others, the world and for pressing issues, so this is a very thoughtless thing to say and can attack an already defenseless and delicate spirit.

Macy's frequent overexertions taxed her strength, however, and as her health declined, so did her always-delicate spirits.

Her life in art reflects an observant eye, a delicate hand, a gracious spirit.

Their watercolor palettes -- pink, cherry, coral, salmon -- and delicate flavors lift the spirit and tickle the appetite.

Renamed Antoinette, Ms. Rhys's heroine is a delicate West Indian free spirit crushed and driven insane by colonial arrogance and paternalism.

But the faggotting, as the lacy stitching and sheer panel effects are known, looked more in the Ferretti spirit of delicate craftsmanship than the now-familiar jungle leaf patterns.

The kpelie masks, small human faces with delicate features, represent female spirits and encode aspects of Poro knowledge.

"He's delicate," she said, "but his spirit is extraordinary".

I choose to acquiesce, appreciating the lightness of spirit and often delicate edge.

It also reminded me of the delicate balance of a base spirit and what rounds it out.

"Among the numerous opportunities Mr. Jefferson must have had of observing the dispositions of these unfortunate people, did he never discover in any instance a nobleness of spirit, and a delicate sense of honor, not exceeded by any hero of history or romance?