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How to use exquisite in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun

Exquisite means especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional. Example: “They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.”

Examples of exquisite by meaning

adjectiveEspecially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.

  • They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.
  • Sourav Ganguly scored an exquisite century in his debut Test match.
  • They all come to appreciate the exquisite pottery made in the town, for Yingko is the ceramics capital of Taiwan.1983 February 5, “Yingko -- Taiwan's ceramics capital”, in Arab News, volume VIII, number 69, Saudi Arabia, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18, column 4

adjectiveExceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.

  • exquisite pain or pleasure

adjectiveOf delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.

  • exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment

More sentences with exquisite

  • The burn of these habanero peppers is exquisite.From the entry burn
  • The craftsmanship on the antique chair was exquisite.From the entry craftsmanship
  • This painting is an exquisite example of suprematistic art.From the entry suprematistic
  • Dark hair with killer blue eyes, bronze skin, and an exquisite full-figured body.2016, Kit Moulton, Annabella, page 108. From the entry bronze
  • Appetizers of solomon gundy, homemade paté and Nova Scotia smoked salmon are exquisite.2010, Dale Dunlop, Alison Scott, Exploring Nova Scotia: A Guide to 400+ Unique Adventures and Activities, Formac Publishing Company…. From the entry solomon gundy
  • Such small, exquisite enclosures as the Sundial Garden beside the house, planted by Mr.2007 August 23, Charles Elliott, “Organic Looks Easy, if You’ve Got a Royal Staff”, in New York Times. From the entry underplant
  • Leina went on fellating her finger, making faces of exquisite ecstasy.2004, Edmund White, Don Weise, FRESH MEN (tr), →ISBN, page 66. From the entry fellate
  • Hetal's family sends her suitcasefuls of exquisite Lucknow chikans, all in white.2003, Usha K. R., The Chosen, page 231. From the entry chikan
  • The most exquisite pizze are cooked in a forno a legna (woodfired oven).2000, Matthew Evans, Italy: World Food, page 2. From the entry pizze
  • In it was displayed a magnificent gold-fluted porcelain tea-set painted with exquisite flowers.1998, Christina Noble, Mama Tina: The Christina Noble Story Continues, John Murray. From the entry tea-set
  • Can't tell you about mandos, but the Stelling Banjos are exquisite.1995 December 4, Jm721, “Re: Stelling-Mandolin ?”, in rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic (Usenet). From the entry mando
  • The smorrebrod are exquisite and different from any you will find elsewhere.1993, Fielding’s Scandinavia, Fielding Travel Books, →ISBN, page 45. From the entry smorrebrod
  • The liver generally acts as an exquisite metabolostat, responding to the metabolic needs of the whole organism.1986, André Guillouzo, Isolated and Cultured Hepatocytes, page 30. From the entry metabolostat
  • His body was the most exquisite weight, so wondrously real, his man-scent mingling with her own.1986, Margaret Way, chapter 2, in Diamond Valley, Mills & Boon, page 46. From the entry man-scent
  • Gaius Caligula laughed to see the exquisite Lollia Paulina’s exquisite face embuttered.1985, Anthony Burgess, chapter 2, in The Kingdom of the Wicked, New York: Arbor House, pages 157–158. From the entry embuttered
  • The decorum of Milton’s exquisite scenic adjustments has made possible the comedy.1965, Thomas Kranidas, “Decorum in the Verse”, in The Fierce Equation: A Study of Milton’s Decorum (Studies in English Literature; volume…. From the entry interactment
  • The parson, all unaware, dully pursued his calling, perched above the exquisite derision of their glances.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 127. From the entry all
  • Her exquisite figure was enhanced by a wonderful gown of indigo charmeuse.1922, Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary. From the entry charmeuse
  • “What is that, Elsie?” I said, as an exquisite pink silk bonbonniere fell out on the coverlet.8 May 1908, The Queanbeyan Age, page 4. From the entry bonbonniere
  • It is the exquisite precision that can be achieved, without any destruction, that renders optogenetics such a powerful tool.2021 July, Anthony David, “Knowing Me Knowing You”, in The Literary Review. From the entry optogenetics
  • "Fortunately many fossils have exquisite preservation of veins," he said.2014 September 16, University of Arizona, “News Release: Meteorite that doomed dinosaurs remade forests”, in EurekAlert, American…. From the entry grapelike
  • DID you know that the dawn choir performs beautifully every day and that its exquisite notes fill the early morning air?2011, Joyce Ewing-Chow, Keeping Life Simple, page 19. From the entry dawn choir
  • The rain tree at sunset was exquisite, but after a few minutes Pender found himself jonesing for a football game.2007, Jonathan Nasaw, Twenty-Seven Bones, Simon & Schuster, page 258. From the entry jones
  • MacLaine treats this character with exquisite sensitivity and without condescension.2000 December 1, Julie Salamon, “Television Review: On a New Limb With Shirley MacLaine”, in New York Times, retrieved 18 Oct 2011. From the entry broad strokes
  • The mesofossils are small, three-dimensional and charcoalified or lignitized and yield exquisite structural details when studied with scanning electron microscopy.1999, XVI International Botanical Congress, Abstracts, International Association of Botanical and Mycological Societies, page 180. From the entry mesofossil
  • Eighteenth-century French gastronomes labored for days to perfect exquisite banquets; our Yank microwavery can produce equivalent gastric distress within seconds.1991, SPIN, volume 7, number 7. From the entry microwavery
  • He looked elegant and vulnerable, his eyes edging away from contact and set into a face of exquisite unhealthiness.1988, Edmund White, chapter 5, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994. From the entry unhealthiness
  • On the east bank of the lake in Chung-nan-hai stood an exquisite two-story building in the European style.1978, Chih-yen Hsia, translated by Liang-lao Dee, The Coldest Winter in Peking, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., →ISBN, →LCCN…. From the entry Chung-nan-hai
  • The world was afloat in primrose light, pale and exquisite.1935, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mistress Pat, Sydney: Angus & Robertson, published 1937, page 100. From the entry afloat
  • His Tagelieder are the most exquisite of their kind.1912, Otto Eduard Lessing, Masters in Modern German Literature, page 51. From the entry tagelied
  • Charles Darwin fretted a lot about the exquisite complexity and sophistication of the vertebrate eye as he developed his theory of evolution.2026 February 23, Carl Zimmer, “The Rise of Eyes Began With Just One. Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate…. From the entry cyclops
  • He had an exquisite oval face.2019, Chen Ling, The Story of Illegitimate Daughter. From the entry blowable
  • Breton insisted that the collective endeavor to compose an exquisite corpse leads to a pool of epiphanies, analogies, connections that would have been impossible otherwise.2019, Kate Haanzalik, Nathalie Virgintino, editors, Exquisite Corpse: Studio Art-Based Writing Practices in the Academy, Parlor Press LLC…. From the entry exquisite corpse
  • Purple emperors are an exquisite morass of contradictions: disdainful of human company yet undisturbed by it; regally garbed yet partial to faecal feasts.2016, James Lowen, A Summer of British Wildlife, page 120. From the entry regally
  • The midfielder turned provider moments later, his exquisite reverse pass perfectly weighted for Cisse to race on to and slide past Stoke keeper Asmir Begovic.2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport. From the entry turn

Meaning of exquisite

  1. adjective Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
  2. adjective Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
  3. adjective Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.

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Questions about exquisite in a sentence

How do you use exquisite in a sentence?
Exquisite is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.”
What is a short sentence with exquisite?
“exquisite pain or pleasure”
What does exquisite mean?
Exquisite means especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.

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