Sentence examples for delicate tip from inspiring English sources

When a seed germinates below the soil surface, the plumule may emerge bent over, thus protecting its delicate tip, only to straighten out when exposed to light (the curvature is retained if the shoot emerges into darkness).

The eye can't locate an individual shade: it's all delicate tips and hints of green rolling in the wind.

"Oak Tree in Winter" (early 1840's) focuses on a single oak as a piece of sculpture that easily balances strength (the stalwart tree trunk) and fragility (the delicate tips of the branches).

I do not enjoy the feeling of hard glass on the delicate tips of my girlish fingers – I'm used to real keyboards – but the fact that I'm able to type comfortably is a revelation.

In "dead" body appendages metals may harden the delicate tips.

On the delicate rod tip is a braided nub onto which the leader is tied, usually a rod's length of furled monofilament and tippet.

Surgeons use medical tweezers, which have delicate, thin tips, for suturing, cauterizing or removing debris.

The idea was that the thicker bottoms, set closer to the simmering water, would steam at a higher temperature than the delicate violet tips.

While she is typically " delicate" and " tip-toey" with her patients, if the patient has limited financial means and is considering spending a large sum on an unproven, alternative treatment, she will speak more forcefully as there is a " harm issue here".

At least that was one inference to be drawn from his sudden interest in the delicate nature of tipping restaurant staff.

A minority of boards in the U.S. and beyond has struck the right balance, but this delicate equilibrium has tipped too far in favor of management.