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

If I had to nitpick, the tea wasn’t my favorite, but that’s a small complaint.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025

Coach Mick Cronin suggested Tuesday a few things he might nitpick about the NIT that could prompt him to pass on college basketball’s second-tier tournament.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Fine, I’ll nitpick — maybe he could have been a little quicker to react on that Evgenii Dadonov wraparound goal.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 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