Sentence examples for physical delicacy from inspiring English sources

He is about five-five, with an appearance of physical delicacy and an attitude of indomitability.

And there were, throughout, moments of sublime physical delicacy and subtlety.

The prudery may be, to a degree, inherited, but the physical delicacy is not.

He despises the mouse's physical delicacy, his weak arms as thin as the teeth of combs, his frail, crushable skull, his fondness for books and solitude.

Hedda is tiny and frail: her lack of bodily heft make her at times astonishingly vulnerable – but she also uses her physical delicacy as a weapon against her husband at times.

What surprises people when they first pick up a modern lute is its physical lightness and delicacy.

'It's full of artistry and variety.' There is subtlety to the way she plays, a mixture of impressive physical presence and delicacy.

Mr. Ax seemed to sense this, for he played with more physical exertion and less delicacy.

The delicacy and physical expressiveness of Ms. Part's dancing would make her an intriguing Odette, I imagine, and I'm sure that adrenaline would do the rest for her evil Odile.

The date is circa 1280; the artist none other than Cimabue, the marvelous Florentine who introduced to painting the qualities of physical truthfulness and aesthetic delicacy that are the essence of the Renaissance.

It is a commanding physical performance, marked by a delicacy of movement that conveys Arenas's tentative sexual awakening and defiant spirit.