picky
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“I am terrible at book clubs because I have found that I am a very picky reader who simply will not read a book that I do not enjoy,” reader Mike Gascoigne writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
So how should we deal with our picky eaters?
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“We Germans are really picky about hygiene,” he joked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“You, the picky eater, watching anything to do with food?” my mother asked.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
But really, the only person I can even think of who wasn’t big on Stan was Fang, which was weird seeing how Delaney wasn’t all that picky when it came to friends.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
But Joey Ortiz was pickier, and Sasaki was wilder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
CEO Kecia Steelman, during Ulta’s earnings call, said the pickier consumer sentiment seen last year would likely be alive and well this year.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
"I've started to say no and not just take any job that's kind of coming my way. I'm being pickier," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
But bosses say the spring cleaning of the group's pipeline is needed to refocus and get the reorganisation off on the right foot in a market that has become pickier and more competitive than ever.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Americans from less-affluent households are becoming pickier about the purchases they make.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
With multiple beach towel collections — from Disney designs to boho chic — Sand Cloud has towels for even the pickiest surfer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
Those who are choosier and the pickiest will have a problem.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2022
If ugly sweater patterns or footy pajamas aren’t going to make the cut, then maybe LilySilk’s highly sought-after trimmed pajamas will be enough to please the pickiest fashion fans.
From Fox News ● Dec. 15, 2021
He and his wife, Dawn, learned a secret about the dinner after their first visit in January: Don’t fill out the advance questionnaire with the idea of pleasing the pickiest palates in your family.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2018
Gramps implored us, but for four old guys, his friends were the pickiest eaters I'd ever known.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
