nitpicking

Example Sentences

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And yes, all of this would be nitpicking, given the series’ gleeful disregard for verisimilitude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

This is really important, because in some sense it might sound as if we’re just nitpicking numbers.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025

After six years of hold-ups and redesigns on that project — due, he said, to townsfolk endlessly nitpicking his plans — he has decided to bail on Carmel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

Her nitpicking boss chastises her for not overloading her uniform with incongruent buttons, or “flair,” insisting she needs to “express herself.”

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024

He didn’t actually have anything to gain from another treaty with Stalin, and he was annoyed with the nitpicking negotiation.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein