Usage examples for subtle
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Manon was there under false pretences, her presence a subtle insult to Miss Jones. – The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
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Kendricks must have seen it too, for he began at once to save her from herself, with all his subtle generosity, and to turn her shame to praise. – An Open-Eyed Conspiracy--An Idyl of Saratoga by William Dean Howells
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All were gripped by the subtle atmosphere of things. – The Kangaroo Marines by R. W. Campbell