stickling
Example Sentences
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The film, which was made largely with a $20,000 grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, spends time showing what has been lost to Wikipedia because of stickling rules of citation and verification.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2011
After the "Schweinehund Speech," however, it was clear that Briand and Poincare are one in stickling for cash.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is seen in their way of stickling for accuracy when others repeat familiar word-forms.
From Children's Ways by Sully, James
It was certainly ridiculous for man who had once so selfishly consulted his own interests to be stickling now about the rights of others.
From The Rise of Silas Lapham by Howells, William Dean
Call it by another name, then—if you prefer stickling about terms.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne
