How to Use delicacy in a Sentence

delicacy

noun

• 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
• 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
• El Guero’s menudo is a delicacy — a miracle to the bleary-eyed crowd.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
• 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
• Known to the world as a delicacy, caviar is unfertilized fish eggs with a salty taste.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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
• The fins are then used as an ingredient in a delicacy known as shark fin soup.
  — Justin Klawans, theweek, 31 Jan. 2024
• There’s even a Change.org petition to bring back the delicacy.
  — Megan Schaltegger, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Feb. 2023
• His last, from 2004, opens with a shot of the Mid-Atlantic’s tastiest pork-waste delicacy: scrapple.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• Instead of taking a bite of the delicacy sprinkled all over his sandwich, Davidson blows the truffles off his plate as the chef scoffs.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
• While s'mores may be a summer camp classic, there's no reason not to enjoy the gooey delicacies throughout the year.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
• In addition to their role as a classic game-day delicacy, wings are one of the most versatile snacks around.
  — Ellen Fort and Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
• And then there's boudin, a Louisiana delicacy in a league all its own.
  — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2024
• The sharks are sought mostly for their fins, which are used in shark fin soup, a popular delicacy in China and elsewhere in Asia.
  — Kathia MartÍnez, ajc, 27 Nov. 2022
• The image has the delicacy and painterliness of a watercolor — and a very good one.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022
• The quality of the hair, the delicacy of the lace, and the precision of the color treatment were immediate standouts.
  — Alexis Jackson, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• The sweet steak, or steak sweet, has largely remained a delicacy within the Black community on the South Side.
  — Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
• The refinement of the tannins and the fragility of the fabric, recall the most precious fabrics not for their thickness but for their delicacy.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• Piggie gets Gerald the Elephant to try slop, a stinky green delicacy among porcine foodies.
  — David Allen, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• The Momentum True Wireless 4 earbuds sound divine and have all the delicacy of a top-flight pair of headphones.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• While shark meat has a reputation as a fixture in the Asian delicacy shark fin soup, the study demonstrates its prevalence is much wider.
  — Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
• And turkeys are far from the only Thanksgiving delicacy where shoppers will feel the pinch.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• The Uno Foods division was established in 1988 to distribute the delicacies to grocery stores and the like.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024