nitpick

Example Sentences

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If I had to nitpick, the tea wasn’t my favorite, but that’s a small complaint.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2025

"You can nitpick and things like that. For me, if you asked me three years ago whether I'd be on this team... it's just a real honour."

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024

“Just see what he’s thinking about and nitpick his brain a little bit, and then the same with him, he’ll call me and see what I think about certain things.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023

Fine, I’ll nitpick — maybe he could have been a little quicker to react on that Evgenii Dadonov wraparound goal.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023

“Can we just move this along? We don’t have time to nitpick each other.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall