dainty

This statue yassifies Trump, sucking out his buccal fat, virilizing his features, carefully excising all of the dainty feyness that, whether he likes it or not, is crucial to capturing the unique Trump disposition.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

"It's crazy as our websites are completely different. I sell sterling silver, dainty pieces and engagement jewellery," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

Masks must be worn—not Covid-era mouth and nose coverings but more elaborate versions; if you don’t bring your own you will be provided with a dainty lace eye mask.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

But she always raises her exceptionally dainty feet for her sergeant to slip on the paper booties at a crime scene — and never fails to check on the welfare of those left behind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

She was wearing a bright white embroidered blouse and shoes made of black velvet with square toes and a dainty string tying them to her ankles.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

This interests me as a writer because sometimes these dainties appear unbidden, and you know you’re onto something.

From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2019

The food will be catered by STK — a steak house — and among the dainties: octopus ceviche, beef tartare. foie gras mousse, beets and boucheron, and tuna apple crudo.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2015

Playing cards Writing love poetry Practising fencing moves In which work of fiction portraying the English aristocracy do crust-free cucumber dainties become the object of a lie?

From BBC ● May 16, 2012

The restaurants’ Mad Hatter Tea ramps up the traditional three tiers of dainties for Americans whose eyes are never bigger than their stomachs.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2011

Probably nothing but dainties: butterfly steaks and marigold salads.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Botox is now injected behind the ears to tilt them forward, creating the illusion of a smaller, daintier face.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025

The song “Firefly” starts off a little slower, a swoon-worthy saxophone partnered with a dainty piano and even daintier triangle.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

Then her mistress handed her off to her mother and began carting around her daintier public replacement, Bambi.

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2021

Hawera is daintier, shorter and crowded with as many as seven small, pale yellow flowers to a stem.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021

Maybe Joanna was a bad girl but certainly she kept her baby sweeter and daintier than these good women kept theirs.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The late America Eats Tavern is recalled with dishes including a “Philly cheesesteak” rethought with Wagyu beef and blimp-like “air bread” filled with a whip of cheddar cheese, along with the country’s daintiest chicken wings.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023

Adding an electric motor completely transforms the experience, making even the daintiest of parents feel superhuman.

From The Verge ● May 26, 2020

Jones doesn’t crack the slightest of smiles as she sings one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s daintiest tunes, “Many a New Day”:

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 16, 2019

It started with the electric guitar but moved to Moog synthesizers in the 70′s, godawful keytars in the 80′s, and to today’s daintiest of bikers, Daft Punk.

From Forbes ● May 29, 2015

"The publishers have spared no expense to make this volume one of the daintiest novels."

From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend