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dainty

[deyn-tee] / ˈdeɪn ti /




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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

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

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

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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