Sentence examples for long and delicate from inspiring English sources

His fingers were long and delicate, but his grip was strong.

"Malala Yousafzai's long and delicate dance with the press" is the subject of Shahan Mufti's recent feature in the Columbia Journalism Review.

It danced above us, then landed on a tree branch, its long and delicate tail rising and falling with the cool breeze that whispered through the valley.

Before him, the centre-left Concertación had ruled for a relatively tranquil 20 years, overseeing a long and delicate transformation to democracy.

Then he will be bought by helicopter up here... presumably at some point Israeli intelligence officials will begin a very long and delicate process of debriefing him.

Despite the humiliation, nearly every woman interviewed in Punsooilri acknowledged having been beaten, although sometimes the admission was elicited only after a long and delicate conversation.

Chartogne-Taillet Merfy $28 ** 1/2 [rating: two and a half stars] Brut Cuvée Ste.-Anne NV Long, complex and delicate, with notes of marzipan, Kopec said.

Since the New York City Ballet founder George Balanchine prescribed an ideal physique, some not born with a narrow, short torso, long legs and delicate arms have tried to compensate with excessive thinness, using diet pills and diuretics or inducing vomiting to lose weight.

She was a tall, narrow-shouldered woman, seventy years old but still upright and trim, with long legs and long feet, delicate wrists and ankles, and tiny, almost comical-looking ears.

She was stunning, with long natural hair and delicate fingers and skin as smooth and clear as fine chocolate.

They have flat heads with a ruff of lucent pink gills, long slithery bodies, and delicate little legs.