EXQUISITE in a Sentence

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117 example sentences for EXQUISITE, such as:

1. The knowledge was exquisite to me.
2. The dinner was excellent, exquisite.
3. There was an exquisite poison in the air.
4. Her eyes were lit with an exquisite fire.
5. She had never seemed to me more exquisite.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXQUISITE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
exquisite
 a.  very beautiful and delicate; excellent and flawless
Classic Sentence: (109 in 8 pages)
1  The dinner was excellent, exquisite.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In AFTER THE RACE
2  The day was ending in a serenity of still and exquisite brilliance.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
3  I had a strange feeling that fate had in store for me exquisite joys and exquisite sorrows.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
4  We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
5  Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
6  Talking to him was like playing upon an exquisite violin.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
7  There was an exquisite poison in the air.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
8  There are exquisite things in store for you.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
9  Her eyes opened wide in exquisite wonder when I told her what I thought of her performance, and she seemed quite unconscious of her power.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
10  She had never seemed to me more exquisite.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
11  It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
12  The voice was exquisite, but from the point of view of tone it was absolutely false.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
13  Her eyes were lit with an exquisite fire.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
14  The knowledge was exquisite to me.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
15  She crouched on the floor like a wounded thing, and Dorian Gray, with his beautiful eyes, looked down at her, and his chiselled lips curled in exquisite disdain.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
Example Sentence:
1  Blind dolphins have been known to survive in the wild, guided by exquisite acoustic images of their prey.
2  A memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure: is it not?
3  Little girl, a memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure--an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment: is it not?
4  Her wedding dress was absolutely exquisite.
5  Such a finding as this exquisite antique is rare indeed.
6  The Indians brought in exquisite beadwork to sell.
7  A European satellite that mapped Earth's gravitational field in exquisite detail will be pulled down by gravity to its fiery destruction sometime in the next few days.
8  Norton's Coin was not the subject of videos and telephone hotlines and fan clubs and exquisitely crafted models and opinion polls.