stickler

Example Sentences

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If you want to be a stickler for accuracy, it’s been a 103-year drought.

From Seattle Times

Besides being a runway model on game nights — and during New York Fashion Week — he’s also a stickler for words.

From Washington Post

You should know by now that I am a stickler for the correct terminology when two teams called United play, and the same rules apply here.

From BBC

Even though he is a stickler for answers, he can see why.

From New York Times

“She’s a constant manager, a real stickler for details and doing her homework. And she insists on everyone else doing their homework,” said Gil Duran, her former Senate press secretary and a journalist.

From Los Angeles Times