fussy

Example Sentences

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Briany, with her plump cheeks and full head of dark hair, wasn’t normally this fussy.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

She said the rescue centre received a lot of negative comments and abuse online because people thought it was the rescue being "fussy or difficult".

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

It’s dramatic without being fussy, customizable without being complicated, and frankly, visually festive in a way that says we tried, but not too hard.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025

“When I’m playing, it zones out,” Anna Leigh Waters says of that unmistakable, plastic pop, pop, pop distinct to the wildly popular paddle sport—and a bane to fussy condo boards everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

He sounded like someone’s fussy old grandsire, just as Daario was always saying.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin