nit-picky
Example Sentences
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She described the frustrations — head-scratching regulations, nit-picky bureaucrats — she’s dealt with while running her auto shop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
“I’m really nit-picky on myself and the offense,” Bryant said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2022
All things considered, Flory knows it is a nit-picky grievance.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2021
Its nit-picky precision took me away from my desk and my deadlines.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 1, 2019
One can imagine the housewife hairdos—wigonalities?—having separate agents and nit-picky contracts with all kinds of specific riders about which curling irons are off limits and which sprays and gunks are to be used.
From Slate ● May 14, 2012
