exactingness

Example Sentences

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His exactingness and workaholism have given the franchise an uplift that is hard to measure but undeniably impactful.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2020

Stephen so thoroughly understood this exactingness on her part that he adjusted his life to it, as a conscientious school-boy adjusts his to bells and signals, and never trespassed knowingly.

From Mercy Philbrick's Choice by Jackson, Helen Hunt

In the second we find a jealousy which has no love in it; which means the exactingness of self-love, and the tyranny of possession.

From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.

For the prettiest thing in Rosy was her love for her little brother, only it was often spoilt by her exactingness.

From Rosy by Molesworth, Mrs.

They passed from bedrooms to the kitchen and scullery, and there Ann displayed an intelligent exactingness that won the expressed admiration of the architect.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)