fastidiousness
Example Sentences
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The overwhelming public perception of OCD is that it is an obsession with cleaning, tidying and symmetry, a fastidiousness seen in characters like Monica Geller from Friends.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
With Franzen-esque fastidiousness, Choi unpacks each character’s backstory, exposing vanities and delusions in a cool, caustic voice, a 21st century Émile Zola.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — It was Yulia Hrebnyeva’s fastidiousness that saved the lives of her family.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2022
But if their confounding, at times uncanny fastidiousness can dazzle, it may also leave you shrugging your shoulders, aching for something less cerebral and conceptually slippery.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022
She found his fastidiousness and complete lack of humor touching and longed to introduce him to the idea of delight.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
