nitpick

Example Sentences

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"One day of rehearsals and we're really in sync. Then we nitpick the rest."

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

He did it again with another atheist by trying to nitpick what the word "believe" means when asked if one "believes" in God.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2025

When a series has set the bar so high, it’s easy to nitpick as time goes on, so maybe I’m just being grumpy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

If you want to nitpick, you might hope the Washington defense could get more consistent pressure on the quarterback, but the Husky defense looked faster, bigger and stronger than the Spartans offense.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2023

“Can we just move this along? We don’t have time to nitpick each other.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall