picky
Example Sentences
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If you’re cooking for picky eaters, let everyone choose at least one thing they love.
From Salon
It’s both a possibly sophisticated performance enhancer and the scourge of picky eaters, brand new to elite endurance athletes, but all too familiar to generations of intransigent five-year-olds.
But stubbornly high home prices and average 30-year mortgage rates that are stuck above 6% are making buyers more picky, and homes are sitting longer on the market.
Don’t get too picky about seeking out a specialist who focuses on older patients.
From MarketWatch
"I was into fashion and clothing when I was six years old. I was always very picky with my own outfits," he explained.
From Barron's
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