selectiveness

Example Sentences

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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

Still, despite his selectiveness, le Carré has always been a peerless storyteller — and central to both espionage and novel writing is the ability to make up stuff and get others to buy it.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2016

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

Irene had shown selectiveness in the set for the scene.

From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel