fragile

I doubt not you will consider these praises the result of blind maternal affection, but there is a soul of iron in that delicate, fragile body.

His hands were invariably blotted with ink and stained with chemicals, yet he was possessed of extraordinary delicacy of touch, as I frequently had occasion to observe when I watched him manipulating his fragile philosophical instruments.

Communities must work together to reduce waste and protect their fragile local environments.

Theo carried the fragile instrument downstairs to show it to his grandmother.