exactingness
Example Sentences
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His exactingness and workaholism have given the franchise an uplift that is hard to measure but undeniably impactful.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2020
They passed from bedrooms to the kitchen and scullery, and there Ann displayed an intelligent exactingness that won the expressed admiration of the architect.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
In the second we find a jealousy which has no love in it; which means the exactingness of self-love, and the tyranny of possession.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.
Stephen so thoroughly understood this exactingness on her part that he adjusted his life to it, as a conscientious school-boy adjusts his to bells and signals, and never trespassed knowingly.
From Mercy Philbrick's Choice by Jackson, Helen Hunt
The first condition of excellence in all places of entertainment for man and beast is exactingness on the part of the public.
From Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 by Godkin, Edwin Lawrence
