"delicate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It was a high, delicate sound which made the men stop what they were doing and look up in amazement.
- Her old nurse snorted, though somehow she made it a delicate sound.
- It's quite a delicate sound, but it's also like having an entire orchestra at your fingertips.
- Listening carefully he caught it again: the sound, delicate and faint, of pipes playing in the darkness outside, passing by their walls.
- There was no need for mechanical amplification of that delicate sound.
- Ariane's laughter tinkled; a delicate sound to come from a body so big and strong.
- Slowly the huge lid rose, and fell open, and for a moment there was a delicate sound like singing in the air.
- The woman sighed; it was a delicate and almost feminine sound.
- "How is it possible fer a man so big t' produce so delicate a sound?"
- While she was teaching herself to play the instrument, she stopped often to listen to the delicate, crystal sound that it made.
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