fussy
Example Sentences
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The data collected — including health monitoring and yes, troubleshooting fussy toilets — will inform future off-planet missions.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
Briany, with her plump cheeks and full head of dark hair, wasn’t normally this fussy.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
John Lavelle exudes a perfumed whiff of modern camp in his portrayal of Orsini-Rosenberg, the fussy, backstabbing director of the Imperial Opera.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
She said the rescue centre received a lot of negative comments and abuse online because people thought it was the rescue being "fussy or difficult".
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
As his stomach moved toward his backbone he became less and less fussy.
From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.