fusspot

Example Sentences

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We expect a proud paterfamilias to step forth, instead of which a bearded fusspot emerges: distracted, half attentive, already preparing to leave on a business trip.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 7, 2018

Beale came off as an angry fusspot in his scenes with Ophelia, and when he vowed to drink hot blood, it was clear he’d rather turn on the kettle and pick up a good novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2017

But he is also, and perhaps unintentionally, a creep: a young antiquarian fusspot in 1950s-style suits and spectator shoes with no friends.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2016

Cornelius's Abul Hassan is no Figaro, but an eccentric fusspot whose interference in the relationship between layabout Nureddin and posh Margiana seems set to ruin it until the Caliph intervenes.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2010

Keira Knightley cuts a spirited dash as smart cookie Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bennet, with Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland doing just fine as her fusspot mama and patient p�re.

From Time Magazine Archive