Sentence examples for hardly delicate from inspiring English sources

But the Duramax is hardly delicate.

There is hardly a delicate way to put it.

The question of blame could hardly be more delicate.

The theme - race and slavery - could hardly be more delicate, and Von Trier implies not just that America's white liberal condescension is just a new form of slave-mastery but also that black Americans are complicit in their own oppression.

In the early days of cinema, stars could hardly afford to be delicate flowers.

Oscar Wilde also described football as all right for rough girls but hardly the game for delicate boys.

There is a delicate balance (hardly ever maintained) which I call the success-failure balance.

George Walker Bush George Walker Bush took the oath of office today facing delicate if hardly dire circumstances at the start of his presidency.

The delicate result hardly feels like an attempt to appeal to listeners accustomed to the bludgeoning force of so much current pop.

Darnielle's songs hardly need ornamentation, though - deceptively delicate, they offer glimpses into the relentless romantic vicissitudes of recurring Mountain Goats characters "the Alpha couple".

The shelves arrived only a couple of weeks ago, so the documents have languished for months in their metal cases, hardly ideal conditions for such delicate items.