delicately

Example Sentences

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As Ms. Aikin ably traces, successive librarians have delicately navigated the library’s continually expanding national role.

From The Wall Street Journal

She winces as a small cannula is delicately inserted into her cheek.

From BBC

Even the title — “Important American Documents” — conjures archivists delicately handling sacred papers with white-gloved hands.

From Washington Post

This silliness of this argument was laid bare by Pepper-Jackson, who is an enthusiastic runner, but, as the Washington Post delicately put it, "not among the top performers."

From Salon

It delicately balanced Western and Chinese views on the war in Ukraine without achieving any breakthrough.

From New York Times