How to Use indelicate in a Sentence
indelicate
adjective- Many consider it indelicate to talk about such things in mixed company.
-
The loss of Lawrence is a huge blow, but at the risk of sounding indelicate, Lawrence was the unit’s best player last season and how did that turn out?
—David Moore, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
-
Posner’s Stupid F-ing Bird, the Arden’s funny play with the indelicate name, got four.
—John Timpane, Philly.com, 21 Aug. 2017
-
In many species, males have evolved structures that give them an edge in their indelicate liaisons with females.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2012
-
At first, Louisa had been horrified by the clumsy, indelicate house, though her horror was silent.
—Susan Choi, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
-
Some in Fall River are less than excited to be known as Lizzietown or Bordenville or any number of indelicate nicknames.
—Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2019
-
But an indelicate tweet published on the company's Twitter account said Papa John's drew more attention to the hate groups.
—Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 21 Dec. 2017
-
A neighbor having a beef with another mowed a most indelicate word into his yard in Sequim, Wash., about 65 miles northwest of Seattle.
—Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 13 July 2017
-
And oversteer never feels more than an indelicate throttle-prod away, especially on damp roads and with modest tires.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 31 May 2022
-
The kits sport clumsy, oddly curved, and painfully jagged instruments, including dull saws and indelicate pinchers.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 11 July 2017
-
All of these indelicate products come to us thanks to skin-care companies, launched over the past few years, that are marketing strenuously—some would say, overcompensatingly—to men.
—Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2017
-
At the same time, the musician’s indelicate missives compel one to ask just what drove Mozart’s proclivity to fixate on things scatological.
—Jonathan Rosenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2017
-
Noom is hardly the only company to be accused of indelicate messaging.
—Laura Forman, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022
-
But ugly stuff too: Tesla’s investor insurrection, thanks (in part) to Grimes’ Boyfriend’s indelicate earnings call comments.
—Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 11 May 2018
-
For example, someone who remains calm and refrains from using indelicate words in high-pressure situations gives off a feeling of control even when those around them are losing their heads.
—Jon Michail, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
-
It has been estimated that at least a million limericks — good, mediocre and indelicate — are in existence today.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2021
-
Is this an indelicate time to mention that the Ramblers beat a Tennessee team missing its shot-blocking center because of injury and beat a Kansas State team missing its top scorer and rebounder because of injury?
—Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2018
-
Reared in New York’s indelicate political culture, Trump does not like to appear meek, using rallies and his Twitter account to lacerate rivals.
—Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 9 July 2018
-
Reared in New York's indelicate political culture, Trump does not like to appear meek, using rallies and his Twitter account to lacerate rivals.
—Paul Schwartzman and Josh Dawsey, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2018
-
There is her decadence and indelicate sense of fancy; her fascination with animals and with bodies, both otherworldly and profane.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020
-
Acting Secretary Elaine Duke, another nonpolitical homeland expert, ran into trouble for indelicate comments in response to a question about one of the recent hurricanes, for instance.
—Laura Meckler, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2017
-
While Republicans often run on law-and-order themes, an indelicate approach could carry considerable danger at a moment of such unusual political instability.
—Alexander Burns, New York Times, 17 July 2016
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'indelicate.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: