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

“Just see what he’s thinking about and nitpick his brain a little bit, and then the same with him, he’ll call me and see what I think about certain things.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023

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