meticulous

Example Sentences

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Everyone you speak to about Peters says the same words: meticulous, diligent, thorough.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Even the most meticulous definitions are temporary guides to a language that refuses to stand still.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The less scrupulous voices also invade Beverly’s meticulous household like bulls in a suburban china shop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

He was meticulous in ordering well-made clothes, and a “chariot” with some gilding wouldn’t be too excessive, he thought.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2026

He was much too meticulous an artist to permit so unsteady a hand to apply even a drop of paint to his hallways.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord