delicately

Example Sentences

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In California’s major urban areas, but especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, cranes delicately assembling factory-built modules into apartment blocks has become a more familiar feature of the skyline.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

With the game delicately poised, Ireland wing Rob Baloucoune marked his Six Nations debut with a decisive try before Jack Crowley's penalty moved the home side 10 points clear.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Parla says that, to an extent, the city of Gorizia has built their economy around the Rosa di Gorizia; a crisp and delicately bitter radicchio variety known for its rose-like appearance and intense cultivation process.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Hassett delicately defended the investigation in television appearances on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

I dry my eyes roughly while she swipes delicately at the mascara-smear circles under her eyes.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon