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

Yet his reputation for fastidiousness and melancholy overlooks how varied his films are — and the wild emotions he explores.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

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

His fastidiousness has never calcified into a streamlined process.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 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