They prey on eggs, juveniles, which are 2-3 inches long with a thin, delicate shell, or in some cases adults.

By his last line of questioning, Paige had broken the delicate shell of the evening and spilled the contents all over the restaurant table.

Her delicate shell of an ear was brushing my lips.

The 200 or so residents collect delicate shells to make leis that sell for thousands of dollars.

It locked onto the delicate shell which surrounded Gemworld, and the fragile metal filigree held.

Miranda began to rely on her delicate tart shells and it wasn't long before she had turned the entire dessert course over to the young woman.

His voice was deep, pitched low, as he whispered at her ear, his breath stroking over the delicate shell with erotic heat.

Both ends are weighted with five delicate opalescent dangling shells.

The thin and delicate shell is rather large for the genus.

To add to her worries the sandy bottom was thickly covered by myriads of minute creatures in their delicate shells.