How to Use the nitty-gritty in a Sentence

the nitty-gritty

noun

• With this tool, golfers can get down to the nitty-gritty of basic mechanics to improve their game.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
• Refer to their sites to learn the nitty-gritty, but be sure to consider the following guidelines to start.
  — Briana Feigon, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2025
• Many use the extra time during the four-day weekend, having Monday off, to get down to the nitty-gritty of doing their taxes.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2023
• Here is the nitty-gritty breakdown on those income thresholds.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
• This was a conscious decision made by Lowry, who has shared the nitty-gritty details about her life for years on 16 and Pregnant and later Teen Mom.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
• Your doctor will also likely delve into the nitty-gritty on those symptoms to get a better sense of the issue.
  — Erica Sloan, SELF, 16 Apr. 2025
• His struggle to get out of his head and delve into the nitty-gritty of the art form reflects a frantic desire for inspiration.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• But the problem has been that the nature of elections, and the nitty-gritty of it, gives the white Christian nationalist base in those states still enough power to hold control of the region.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
• The site reemerged as a permanent outlet in May 2022, at a time when few newsrooms devote major resources to the nitty-gritty of how elections work.
  — Sanya Mansoor, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
• The daughter doesn’t need to know the nitty-gritty of your difficult working relationship with her mom, though.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
• Advertisement Whatever his opinions are or are not, get to the nitty-gritty of the goals and values for the family.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
• There are fishing channels about all species, all tactics, all locations and many that delve way deep into the nitty-gritty of fishing and science and more.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
• The old digs weren’t exactly luxurious, but no one ever said the nitty-gritty world of indie film sales was the glamour-facing side of the movie business.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
• The market may or may not have it right on the nitty-gritty numbers—but the political dividend could be just as important.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023
• The decision of whether to send a child to TK usually comes down to the nitty-gritty specifics of any family’s situation and school options: What are the program’s hours?
  — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
• Think of the keynote as the top-level view focused a bit more on the user's perspective, while the state of the union session gets into the nitty-gritty for the people who will make software using the new features.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 June 2024
• Our beauty test team represents different lip care needs and glam preferences so that you’re equipped with the nitty-gritty details that’ll lead you to your next holy grail lip oil.
  — Claire Sullivan, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
• Our beauty test team represents different lip care needs and glam preferences so that you’re equipped with the nitty-gritty details that’ll lead you to your next holy grail lip gloss.
  — Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 16 Sep. 2024
• Here's the nitty-gritty on sorting laundry by color, the best water temperature for mixing loads, and more.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2023
• But shows that crack the D.C. code ground their broader stories in authenticity by fixating on the nitty-gritty.
  — Eric Schultz, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2023
• So far, both candidates have drifted away from the nitty-gritty issues to play trivial pursuit too often.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
• Tools like Hotjar or Crazy Egg track the nitty-gritty details, conversion rates, click-through rates and even heatmaps of user activity.
  — Andrew Faridani, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
• But, venture capitalists are often quick to add, the show does not reveal the nitty-gritty of the negotiation process.
  — Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2024
• Offloading all of the nitty-gritty details to someone else is more appealing than ever.
  — Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2023
• Previously, Trump had led with his priorities but hadn’t got into the nitty-gritty as much.
  — Emily Brooks, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025
• Most people find the nitty-gritty of data policy boring and pay little attention to the risks of surveillance.
  — Nicholas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2018
• The reviews will tell you the nitty-gritty details that the product description leaves out — like if those socks stay feeling soft AF after multiple washes, or if the backseat in that car feels like a sack of potatoes.
  — Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
• To get into the nitty-gritty details, both suitcases are almost the exact same weight and size, and both have near-identical capacities.
  — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024
• People also want to know the nitty-gritty like how to navigate public transportation, and whether a place requires reservations.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 27 May 2025
• Exfoliating: This is the time to really get into the nitty-gritty with exfoliating your body and following up with a fresh shave.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 May 2025