Sentence examples for described delicately from inspiring English sources

THE emperor Elagabalus appointed ministers in Rome through a competitive appraisal that Edward Gibbon, the 18th century historian of the Roman empire, described delicately as one based on "enormitate membrorum".

With a voice that might be described as delicately brassy, Ms. Daly moved back and forth in time to express different approaches to the same themes.

My grandmother – now, we're going back a bit – used to describe pregnancy delicately as "being confined".

Michael Tracy's new "Symbiosis" has been described as a delicately erotic duet (Program C, tomorrow night).

Through a thousand tiny, delicately described moments, he builds up a panoramic picture of a world decaying from within.

Michael Tracy's new "Symbiosis" has been described as a delicately erotic duet (Program C, tonight and tomorrow night).

It was left to Kerry to argue that, despite what was delicately described as "electoral improprieties," confrontation had to be avoided.

Also, while taxidermy is merely fascinating, pet preservation, as the practice of memorializing pets by freeze-drying them is more delicately described, makes for truly riveting television.

These liabilities, delicately described in Farmer Mac's public filings as "long-term standby protection commitments," are off-balance-sheet obligations, and Farmer Mac now has $2.1 billion of them.

When Daisy makes her peace with discovering she is gay, she experiences a surge of power – a delicately described moment of self-acceptance.

Luhrmann maintains an aura of loftier aspiration than the American film-maker but they embody the same frenetic approach, which Bay once delicately described as "fucking the frame".