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How to use dainty in a sentence

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He dreamt of holding her fragile body in his arms and kissing her sweet dainty lips.
Pinky mauve or white, the dainty nodding flowers are set off by the beautifully marbled dark green leaves.
She was dressed in pale pink silk, her gown gently caressing the floor and her head adorned with a dainty, bejewelled crown.
She is wearing her original dainty lawn dress with lace edged bertha collar, pigeon breast front and matched underwear.
The window-dresser pushed her hair back from her face and behind her dainty ears, each pierced with rows of silver sleepers.
One is a substantial octavo in plain dark binding, the other a twelvemo, in dainty green and white covers.
For smarter looks, little blouses, pleated skirts and twinsets are given a flapper flavour with cloches hats, pearls and dainty shoes.
Mona always said that she was fat, when in reality, she was dainty with a slight build.
Fleming's sweet and savory snacks are meant for Lieblingesque noshers, not dainty nibblers.
Her shoes were opened toed, and had a gold buckle over the top, very dainty and feminine.
As soon as he left our table, we spit the food out, wiping the corners of our mouth with the dainty white napkin.
Her feet dangled from her perch, her big green cargo pants and black hooded pullover covered her dainty frame completely.
And girls, do remember to gently brush your hats after wearing to keep then neat and dainty as a flower before you place them on a hatstand.
Bassist Palladino can strum four strings, but his notes are delicate, dainty plucks compared to Entwistle's ability to work an electric bass.
His dainty hesitative accents had a nice elegance, but elegance is not what this concerto is about.
The timeless classic designs are well represented by the charming all-around necklace with dainty crystal pace elements.
The dainty coffee cup was dwarfed by his thick fingers, like a piece from a child's tea set.
Chika picked her mare, a dainty pinto named Lassi and slipped a bridle and saddle on the mare.
She is a fur-laden confection of fashion, from her enormous hat to her dainty boots.
She was wearing a knee-length jean skirt that flared slightly at the bottom and cute sandals were on her dainty little feet.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The dainty blue forget-me-not, or myosotis, is one of the best loved of this class.
Filet lace came then, sheerly, whole yokes of it for crepe de Chine nightgowns and dainty scalloped edges for camisoles.
Often they make a dainty meal off the blossoms of the fringed blue gentian, the mariposa lily, and the harebell.
As a table bird it is more dainty even than the green plover, and fetches a higher price.
Occasionally, however, parasitic eggs are found in the dainty pensile nests of the parula Warbler.
These worthy hausfrauen have no grace of dainty frills, diaphanous lace or rustling petticoats.
Blanche, who was extremely dainty as to what she touched, quite appreciated this simile.
She has spent hours in the hot kitchen trying to concoct some dainty that may titillate that sickly palate.
Why didn't he go to skint, as I told him, when his own lawyer was too dainty for the job?
Master Heyford, tell thy comely wife that I and Hastings will sup with her to-morrow, for her hippocras is a rare dainty.
She did not know that they were bluets, but she knew they were dainty and sweet and beckoned to her.
They covered me with a dainty coverlet spun of the hair of a hundred gnats.
An owl had put by for next day the remains of something dainty which he had to eat.
She signified her helplessness with a quick and dainty movement of her hands.
It appeared to breathe some feminine element, so dainty was it, so begirt with flowers.
It has a dainty little purple blossom that the bees adore, and these turn later into squishy, bright red berries.
The long-waisted design B 824 is decidedly original and its dainty frills and ribbons appeal to young girls.
Hugh John took hold of her dainty gloved fingers as gingerly as if each had been a stinging nettle, and dropped them as quickly.
I'll show them what it is to streek dead Whigs like honest men, and row them dainty in seventeen hunder linen on my land!
This moving and fetid rag must have stunk in the nostrils of dainty folks ten yards away.
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