dainty
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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
Spaced closely in the footwell, three dainty foot pedals make it possible for drivers to push the gas pedal with the side of the right foot while holding down the brake pedal and clutching—heel-and-toe downshifting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 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
To some, they conjure ideas of haute cuisine fuss — dainty smears, baby food textures, or unnecessary embellishment.
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
Ruth was dabbing at her mouth with her paper napkin, ever dainty, ever refined, even as the slot machines clanged and beeped one room over.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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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
Running mate Sen. Tim Kaine himself, in fact, appears at a private tasting in Manhattan featuring dainties from 15 fancy chefs and hosted by celebrity chef Katie Lee.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2016
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
Only when they had finished and were preparing to rest, was he apparently convinced that they had no hidden dainties that he could share in.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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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
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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
There’s a whole api family, and they are the daintiest little fruits imaginable – api noir, in deepest maroon, is easily mistaken at a distance for a plum.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2019
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
She had used her mother's daintiest china plates, and had scattered violets here and there over the cloth.
From The Mary Frances Cook Book Adventures Among the Kitchen People by Jane Earye Fryer
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