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Memories stirred by Mr. Hartley — an Australian filmmaker who has explored such indelicacies as Filipino exploitation cinema, in the documentary “Machete Maidens Unleashed!” — are not warm and fuzzy.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2014

The people of Albany are gracious and kind . . . and seem to be resentful of indelicacies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Puritans and preachers classified novel reading with such female indelicacies as leg-crossing and nose-blowing.

From Time Magazine Archive

For instance, basketball fans know full well the indelicacies of college recruiting but are ready to imagine that their school's pituitary catch matriculated like any other student and went out for the team.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unsavory sorts murmured indelicacies at cutlet stands; grandmothers consulted almanacs to determine a propitious hour for the betrothal.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri