stickling

Example Sentences

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The film, which was made largely with a $20,000 grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, spends time showing what has been lost to Wikipedia because of stickling rules of citation and verification.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2011

After the "Schweinehund Speech," however, it was clear that Briand and Poincare are one in stickling for cash.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such a centralization must inevitably be produced by decay of that stubborn stickling for rights, out of which local self-government has always grown.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

This is seen in their way of stickling for accuracy when others repeat familiar word-forms.

From Children's Ways by Sully, James

At last the Senate sent to make terms with Cinna; but while they were stickling about acknowledging his title of consul, he advanced to the gates.

From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by Beesley, A.H.