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

CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — It was Yulia Hrebnyeva’s fastidiousness that saved the lives of her family.

From New York Times • May 30, 2022

In matters of law, however, isn’t fastidiousness — concern for accuracy and detail — what you want?

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s public projections of a “satirical image of masculine vigor” he writes, were curated “with the fastidiousness of a teenager on Instagram.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2020

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