stickler

Example Sentences

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The former big league infielder in the 1980s and ’90s has always been a stickler for the little things that can — and often do — happen in a baseball game.

From Seattle Times

Villa are at home and the onus is on them to take the game to Brighton, but I don't think that will happen because Emery is a stickler for keeping things tight.

From BBC

I'm generally a a stickler for words and intentionality, so this all makes this inherently slippery slope even "slippier" when all of these arguments are posited.

From Salon

As a politician, Sir Keir likes to portray himself as a stickler for the rules - indeed he was once dubbed "Mr Rules" by a shadow cabinet colleague.

From BBC

That stickler mentality is ideal for a Green Trails researcher, as the company insists on regular revisions of even the most pedestrian trail maps.

From Seattle Times