fussy
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“It takes so much to care for this little creature that can be so fussy and unimpressed all the time,” Hoang says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Children with special educational needs can sometimes experience sensory difficulties when it comes to food - and are not classified as fussy eaters.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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
But Rhode Island is also fussy about its beaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Like most mules, Jumper was mighty fussy about anything touching his heels.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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
As sauces go, this one is actually a bit fussier than ones I make when I’m in my get-dinner-on-the-table frame of mind.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
You're fussier than the Count, when you get started.
From Plays: the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger by Edith Oland
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
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
He quickly drew the ire and ridicule of the fussiest corners of the Internet when a photo of him, crucially obscuring his explanatory sign, was posted to Reddit.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 23, 2014
Fern did her best to keep the fussiest hens away from the cows, Butter especially.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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