Sentences with dainty
dain·ty
D d - The girls were dainty and feminine.
- A dainty teacup
- Well, it is a lightweight, intricately entwined, sparkling dainty flat chain in yellow and white gold in combination with coloured silk threads.
- And then there's food - glorious food - tables groaning with breads, pies, fruitcakes and dainty sweets wrapped with red and green ribbon.
- A dainty morsel
- A dainty morsel
- Between bites of dainty sandwiches made with just-baked Yarrows bread, Noel says he dreamed of going to university in England.
- Mother and daughter danced for a few moments, Molly spinning on tiptoes like a dainty ballerina, Christina gracefully moving to the beat.
- A dainty lace handkerchief.
- dainty pastries.
- Apparently, some dainty fans' feelings were so very hurt.
- Again, dainty dumplings swim in soup, but these are packed powerfully with a spicy punch.
- A dainty eater.
- My pleasure was always based on greed rather than some Epicurian assessment of dainty morsels.
- Alicia was certain that if only she had been born pretty and dainty like her mother, her life would have been much easier.
- Florals are just as adaptable, ranging from retro-flavoured patterns - think chintzy 1940s tearooms - to bold blooms and dainty petals.
- Sweets come in many shapes, sticky buns with cream and jam, hot rolls with cinnamon and raisins, dainty cakes of assorted varieties, and sweet cream butter.
- That was back in 1903, and the editor's room was later described as being like a woman's boudoir, with dainty wall mirrors, chintz curtains and Queen Anne chairs.
- But their beautifying objects are usually hidden inside dainty purses or roomy bags and the article in question usually comes in milder colours.
- St Mark's Anglican Church resembles a dainty Wendy house with gothic windows while Catholic St Patrick's transepts make it larger, more eager.
- On the other hand, it is the dainty and refined accompaniment to cucumber sandwiches.
- Beside St. Mary's there is a short row of small, dainty cottages, administered by the Church, for the use of its employees and other deserving families.
- This sausage-like concoction is sliced into dainty rounds and served with sweet dipping sauce.
- She would pause, attentive, and then her eyes would guiltily travel to the dainty suede moccasins on her feet.
- I slipped my dainty feet into the black pointy shoes, and I stood looking sideways at their reflection in the mirror.
- I rang up Luke to ask if I was being too dainty in thinking it ghoulish to market a film of somebody contracting a deadly disease.
- They even brought along with them a dainty woman named Mercedes, who was Charles' wife and Hal's older sister.
- Also, it's not as if there were a dainty lady around here who would scream and faint dead away at my shocking condition.
- Rather more plush-looking are the women's evening shoes from the turn of the 20th century, fashioned from dainty red satin and black lace.
- He dreamt of holding her fragile body in his arms and kissing her sweet dainty lips.
- SYNONYMY NOTE: dainty, in this comparison, suggests delicate taste and implies a tendency to reject that which does not fully accord with one's refined sensibilities [a dainty appetite]; nice suggests fine or subtle discriminative powers, esp. in intellectual matters [a nice distinction in definition]; particular implies dissatisfaction with anything that fails to conform in detail with one's standards [particular in one's choice of friends]; fastidious implies adherence to such high standards as to be disdainfully critical of even minor nonconformities [a fastidious taste in literature]; squeamish suggests such extreme sensitiveness to what is unpleasant, or such prudishness, as to result in disgust or nausea [not too squeamish in his business dealings]