fussy
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More than half will show fussy eating habits at some point, the NHS says, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Planetary scientists call this the "Goldilocks zone", after the fairy tale girl who was fussy about the temperature of her porridge.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But Rhode Island is also fussy about its beaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The production is a revival of the disappointingly fussy, clumsy, old-fashioned one by Lee Blakeley the company unveiled in 2013 for Conlon and to celebrate the Verdi bicentennial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
He just asked them not to be too fussy about the truth.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Large single-family landlords have become fussier about where they want to own property and how much they pay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Parlakian said parents should expect babies who experience the effects of the fires to be disregulated, fussier, and harder to soothe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2025
If you'd like, you can get even fussier and dab it on a paper towel or napkin before transferring it to your plate and seasoning it with flaky salt.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2023
Panela is fussier and less predictable than table sugar, Mr. Quintero explained, because it contains all the components of the cane juice, not all of which can be adjusted.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2021
Little men are always fussier and noisier than big men; little boys invariably howl more furiously than big boys.
From Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
In my mind, it's hosting in the fussiest way possible.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2022
The fussiest part of the recipe is chilling everything and then removing the fat before reheating and pureeing the sauce.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2021
In the neonatal intensive care unit, Sisgundo was a baby whisperer, adept at coaxing the fussiest newborn to sleep.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2020
Has the galaxy’s fussiest droid, C-3PO, somehow been turned to the dark side, as suggested by his glowing red eyes?
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2019
They’d always been his fussiest fungi: the first to mope when the rains were too much, the first to stink when the rains were too little.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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