delicately

Example Sentences

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Delicately and quickly, she removes weeds from around her growing vegetables, leaving what she pulls to give her squash something to climb on as it grows.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2021

Delicately arraying "Maybe I'm Amazed" across the desk's eight-track landscape, McCartney achieved careful separation among his keyboards, including piano and organ, as well as the low end of his bass and drum parts.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2020

Delicately prying off the watch’s back and inspecting its hidden etchings under a jeweler’s loupe, gemologist Gary Curtis at Newton’s notices the last service date on the watch marked as Aug. 19, 1950.

From Washington Times • Mar. 26, 2017

Delicately, Price and the Totenberg sisters suggested that the Guarneri be brought back to New York to the company’s vault for safekeeping.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2016

Delicately, I lifted it off with my teeth.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell