fussy
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Baseball can be a fussy sport, hidebound to tradition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 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
Up front, it was the ideal dry-goods shop: good boxes of fussy pasta and cavatappi, sleeves of biscotti, plastic-wrapped anise pizzelle, a counter where you could order hulking sandwiches and tiny cups of coffee.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
It’s not a fussy place, with bright lighting and no candles, an environment in which toddlers could, in theory, careen around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
He’s a ridiculous combo of fussy and terrifying.”
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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
I like to think of French press coffee as a stepping stone from drip coffee into the world of all these fancier, fussier machines.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2022
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
Oh, as you see, as you see, a little older and a little fussier, Suzanne, making other people's troubles my own.
From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser
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
In all but the most formal writing, some of the fussiest grammarians accept It’s me.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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