Sentence examples for delicate word from inspiring English sources
The phrase 'delicate word' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to refer to a phrasing that is meant to be cautious or diplomatic. For example, "After the meeting, the CEO carefully chose his delicate words when explaining his decision."
The most popular post on @matchbookdiaries is a new matchbook for Andrew Carmellini's restaurant Lafayette, whose hand-drawn, delicate word mark was designed by Oat.
It occurred to me then, in what Homer Simpson would describe as a "d'oh" moment, that the only difference between the Stuttgart gardeners and the Berlin boar, as rooting descriptions go, was that the gardeners' prehensile thumbs and small shovels put them at one remove from a snout and allowed them the use of the more delicate word "dig".
The battle had been a slaughter, for want of a more delicate word".
They search for delicate words to explain.
The reasons are many, according to to health directors and environmentalists, who have adopted a language of delicate words to avoid the indelicate ones.
Ms. Horton, a salty, outspoken woman who lives in a trailer and whose hobby is rooting through Dumpsters in search of buried treasures, has less delicate words to describe the world beyond the looking glass: "The whole art world is a fraud".
For awhile, his association with 808 Mafia the influential production collective he helped start in 2010 who have supplied beats for everyone from Waka Flocka Flame to Future to Wiz Khalifa was questioned after a few not-so-delicate words from fellow producer and 808 Mafia cofounder Southside last spring.
A lot of what this line does is embroider — well, embroider is too delicate a word for this process, which looks like children's scrawl made from pipe cleaner.
"It's delicate work to find word shadings and language that will reflect the historical and social context as well as the nature of each character.
Before the House moves forward, Hoyer said the chamber would first have to deal with the delicate abortion wording that has led Representatives such as Bart Stupak (D-Mich).
"Delicate" was the word the superintendent at Nsukka had used.
