nitpick
Example Sentences
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Some pretended to be difficult customers to allow the waitstaff to rehearse for future nitpicking.
"One day of rehearsals and we're really in sync. Then we nitpick the rest."
From BBC
But all cynicism and nitpicking aside, it is admittedly fascinating to see Swift sit down for an extended period to talk about her life and career.
From Salon
After six years of hold-ups and redesigns on that project — due, he said, to townsfolk endlessly nitpicking his plans — he has decided to bail on Carmel.
From Los Angeles Times
Her nitpicking boss chastises her for not overloading her uniform with incongruent buttons, or “flair,” insisting she needs to “express herself.”
From Salon
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