selectiveness

Example Sentences

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“He’s handled himself well. Really like his selectiveness the last couple games,” Showalter said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

Obviously, you can’t describe everything, so it requires a kind of selectiveness.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2020

The selectiveness also lends status: the attuned eye immediately recognizes a Farrow & Ball red such as Incarnadine or Blazer.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 11, 2019

But food-truck operators pointed to a host of supermarket, restaurant and other trucks not receiving the same scrutiny — including the support vehicles that tow street carts — in criticizing the bill’s selectiveness.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2010

In civil life, before entering the call of selectiveness, his worth and devoutness was well known to a large circle of friends.

From The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces by Bachman, William Elmer