How to Use delicacy in a Sentence

delicacy

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  • The curtains were made from fine lace of great delicacy.
  • Because of the delicacy of the situation, we needed to speak privately.
  • The restaurant serves delicious sausages and other regional delicacies.
  • The skull was cleaned and the tongue, a delicacy, cut out.
    — Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • There was a delicacy made from the hives of both these types of bees.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Will the weight and richness of the sauce overwhelm the delicacy of the pasta?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The tree's palm heart -- a soft fruit in the trunk -- is a nutritious delicacy.
    — CNN, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The work continues to bring the boys home, and this work needs delicacy.
    — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 17 May 2022
  • The likes of red rice, crab cakes, okra and more delicacies all make up the fare fabric of their cookbook.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The spoils of the fishermen’s—and horses’—work are a local delicacy on hand in restaurants in the surrounding area.
    — Liza Weisstuch, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021
  • His delicacy with the text lifts his scenes above the surrounding bathos like a kite.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • Fans over 21 can have their sweet treats topped off with an extra shot of the boozy delicacy.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The delicacy can be ordered as a standalone snack or as part of a meal.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2024
  • El Guero’s menudo is a delicacy — a miracle to the bleary-eyed crowd.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Considered a delicacy at the time, the eel was fished to the point of near extinction.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Therefore, it should be treated with the same delicacy as the face.
    — Mallory Pitts, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2021
  • There’s even caviar service for those who want to indulge, where the delicacy is brought out in a faux Fabergé egg.
    — Christina Liao, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But that’s where all the pleasure lies: on a construction like that and the care of it and the accuracy of it and the delicacy of it and the power of it.
    — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • There rats nourished on a free-range diet of rice stalks and roots are a delicacy.
    — The Economist, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Thalman boxed up the Bibles – no small task, given their delicacy and size – and shipped them.
    — Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 14 July 2022
  • Known to the world as a delicacy, caviar is unfertilized fish eggs with a salty taste.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Maine shrimp were once a winter delicacy, but the fishery has been shut down since 2013.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Caviar is far from the only delicacy on offer, of course.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 July 2023
  • Sun bears’ gall bladders are used in some Chinese folk medicine, and their paws are a high-end delicacy.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
  • That's the case with the roasted bone marrow, a European delicacy that's served in a very Flagstaff way.
    — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2022
  • Then there’s a full section of baked goods, and shelves all over the store laden with both Jewish delicacies and comfort foods.
    — John Carucci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Given the state’s top-tier dairy and maple syrup industries, the delicacy couldn’t make more sense.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
  • The fins are then used as an ingredient in a delicacy known as shark fin soup.
    — Justin Klawans, theweek, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The holiday season is in full swing, and the dairy aisles of grocery stores are once again stocked with one of my personal favorite Christmas delicacies: eggnog.
    — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Salvadorian delicacy is a masa or cornmeal patty or dough cake that’s stuffed with fillings like meat, beans, cheese, and veggies.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2024

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