finicking

Example Sentences

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Then the cousin laughed coarsely and he said to Lotus, who sat there smoking her water pipe, “These town women are too finicking, are they not, Old Mistress?”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

He thought the house would never get itself done—one brick at a time—and each brick cost a farthing—slow, careful; yes, and even finicking.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

When I had done he said, with his finicking lisp, 'Seven days' cells, hard labour.'

From The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography by Murray, David Christie

"Dear niece," said Rachel, with an unusually fine and finicking accent.

From Aunt Rachel by Murray, David Christie

A month ago no one had ever heard of him, and now here he was, with his damned finicking ways and smooth tongue, thinking that all the world was made for him.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram