How to Use meticulous in a Sentence

meticulous

adjective
  • He described the scene in meticulous detail.
  • He is meticulous about keeping accurate records.
  • The show feels much less meticulous in that way these days.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Their meticulous work was a reminder to me of the beauty of those lights.
    Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 14 July 2018
  • All of the above is a how years' worth of meticulous planning goes up in flames.
    Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 16 June 2019
  • George is very meticulous in the studio and has his own process.
    Matt Wake, AL.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The meticulous process takes from half an hour to an hour per person.
    Joohee Cho, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Be meticulous about scrubbing the underside of the rim, as well as the trap.
    Susannah Herrada, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Craft bartenders tend to think about drinks in a meticulous way.
    Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Zhao was just as meticulous with the van-dweller landscape.
    Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Even the most meticulous folders seem to struggle with them.
    Womansday.com Staff, Woman's Day, 13 Mar. 2017
  • That went to a meticulous move of flooding them, to bring them in line with the original.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
  • But as the film soon makes clear thanks to its meticulous detail, there is in fact an answer of a kind.
    Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Of course the back end is so important now, and all of that has to be worked out in meticulous detail.
    Adrienne Westenfeld, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2015
  • The meticulous planning, the skilled improv, the binoculars, the bit of harsh truth that makes the lie too big to fail.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The ceremony is both meticulous and paced fast enough to fit the sheer volume of death in.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 10 Dec. 2020
  • As long as the virus continues to spread unchecked, even the most meticulous plans seem doomed to failure.
    Tim Dahlberg, Star Tribune, 27 July 2020
  • As a neighbor, he was known for taking meticulous care of his lawn.
    Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2018
  • None of this would work without meticulous care and control.
    Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Liao has managed to almost bend the march of time with a meticulous process, and chefs and home cooks are eating it up.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • The home is also filled with priceless royal items that will need to be cleaned with meticulous care.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2020
  • All of this involves meticulous planning, which has been in the works since early spring.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Rubell and Schrager were skimming vast amounts of cash from the till, and keeping meticulous records of those sums.
    John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2018
  • My father earned a very good living and was a meticulous planner.
    Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2018
  • Hunt was meticulous in her research about the battles, generals, and dates of the war.
    Sarah Schutte, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022
  • All of them went to prison for bank robbery, despite meticulous plans that sometimes took years to hatch.
    Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Cursed with cold hands, Edelen is meticulous about his pregame warmup.
    J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2021
  • My hosting style is simple and laid back, but my cooking is meticulous.
    Café Appliances, Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2019
  • That means a lot coming from the group’s famously meticulous dance leader.
    Lenika Cruz, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Levine said his friend was always meticulous and thorough.
    Caroline Silva, ajc, 2 Mar. 2022

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