Examples of nit-picking in a Sentence
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The Chiefs would like to have done better there, but that’s nit-picking on a day everything else was working.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Success or failure In the end, two main factors will shape the Party’s future more than all the bed-wetting, nit-picking, analyses and commissions.
—Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
What followed was a nit-picking, photo finish of a taste test.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Success or failure In the end, two main factors will shape the Party’s future more than all the bed-wetting, nit-picking, analyses and commissions.
—Carl Leubsdorf, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
What followed was a nit-picking, photo finish of a taste test.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
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“Nit-picking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nit-picking. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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