And in 1952 she returned hastily to Britain from Kenya slim, delicate and palely beautiful as the new young Queen upon the death of her greatly loved father.

WSJ: The Real Queen Elizabeth II

In this beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal, it is hard to identify the moments when a current changes course.

NEWYORKER: Women on the Verge

In a dancer there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.

NPR: An Athlete of God

And, we hear a beautiful, ethereal, gentle, delicate sound.

NPR: The Importance of the Bow

Nendo's elegant Heel chair for Moroso (price upon request) presents a similar problem: it's beautiful, with back legs that recall the sexy, delicate shape of a stiletto but can you sit in it?

WSJ: Shopping Salone | Milan Furniture Fair 2013

When the company's 87-year-old proprietor learns that a muckraking local weekly is about to run a scathing article about a company employee, a beautiful Russian with a long swan-like neck and delicate Tartar eyes, who was killed by a suicide-bomber and whose body remains unclaimed, he directs the human-resources manager to find out what happened and to make amends, no matter what the cost.

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