The oscillatory behavior of a class of second-order generalized Emden-Fowler-type nonlinear variable delay neutral functional differential equations is studied in this article. By using the generalized Riccati transformation and some analytic techniques, we establish two new oscillation criteria for the equations under the condition $ \int_{t_0 }^{+\infty } a^{-1/\beta }(t)\mathrm {d}t<+\infty $. Illustrative examples are provided to show that our results extend and improve those previously reported in the literature, and the results are both practical and implementable.