nitpicking

Example Sentences

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And yes, all of this would be nitpicking, given the series’ gleeful disregard for verisimilitude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

This is really important, because in some sense it might sound as if we’re just nitpicking numbers.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025

She continued: “The budgeting ... you see how I am, nitpicking every little thing. I’ve never been like that. We were in Bloomingdale’s yesterday, I’m like, ‘We have to go to H&M.’”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

Is this the nitpicking of someone demanding a favorite story’s purity be retained down to the latches and buttons?

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2024

He didn’t actually have anything to gain from another treaty with Stalin, and he was annoyed with the nitpicking negotiation.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein