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• I put SpongeBob on when the kid gets fussy.From the entry put on
• It was the minimum required to keep the two crinklebutts less fussy during changies.2025 July 16, @lightningcf.bsky.social, Bluesky. From the entry crinklebutt
• It's neither too sparse nor too fussy, neither overly minimalist nor overdone.2017, Niki Brantmark, Lagom (Not Too Little, Not Too Much): The Swedish Art of Living a Balanced, Happy Life, unnumbered page. From the entry lagom
• Egrets picked their way through the grass, attentive and showy as fussy girlfriends at the cows' sides.2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 64. From the entry egret
• On this evening, however, Warthrop became as punctilious as the fussiest quaintrelle.2010, William James Henry [pseudonym; Rick Yancey], “‘Ich Habe Dich Auch Vermisst’”, in The Curse of the Wendigo (The Monstrumologist; 2)…. From the entry quaintrelle
• Pizzaiolos can be fussy, and Jim McGown, a real estate developer and self-taught pizzamaker, is no different.2008 May 7, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times. From the entry pizzamaker
• FUNKY, bold and bright, many new wallpapers offer a modern twist on fussy old damasks and florals.2007 October 11, Marianne Rohrlich, “Grandma’s Wallpaper Gets Funky”, in New York Times. From the entry floral
• I mean, I'm not fussy, but couldn't they think of anything better than this toothpaste?1968, Ronald Sukenick, Up, published 1998, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry jello
• The Squink isn't particularly fussy about its diet, but has a great fondness for electric eels.1939, Henry H. Tryon, Fearsome Critters. From the entry squink
• He began to pick at the fussy fringe on the arm of his chair.1919, Henry B. Fuller, chapter 4, in Bertram Cope's Year. From the entry pick at
• You were very fussy about books not getting 'scrunged'.2017, Cathy Penman, A Widow's Words, page 496. From the entry scrunge
• Curwen gazed at the 'clever, fussy, pretentious Victorian typefaces spread about his composing room floor' and felt a wave of revulsion.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 161. From the entry war effort
• From fabric E, fussy cut four template-Z patches.2001, Kaffe Fassett, Passionate Patchwork: Over 20 Original Quilt Designs, Taunton Press, →ISBN, page 91. From the entry fussy cut
• During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases.1991, Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry Katherine
• An earnest lawman given to fussy detail, constitutionolatry, and dryness of touch, he drily allowed Pierce to keep the field.1980 winter, Walter N. Trenerry, “Last Campaign of the Civil War: Aged Minnesota Veteran Takes On the GAR”, in Minnesota History, volume…. From the entry constitutionolatry
• As a matter of fact, montage used to be called "dodging" by most photographers, and "multiple printing" by the fussy few.1938, Mario Scacheri, Mabel Scacheri, “Montage, Simple and Multiple”, in The Fun of Photography, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace &…. From the entry montage
• But Enyacore leans away from the fussier Whimsigoth stylings of, say, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and towards a more spartan, adult take on the esoteric.2023 February 13, Mary Frances Knapp, “The Best Y2K Home, Style, and Decor Items Inspired by Enya”, in VICE, archived from the original on…. From the entry Enyacore
• Schistocercas shouldn't be such fussy eaters.2013 May 24, mister_moustachio, “We got our grasshoppers in today. I love how they go towards the light”, in r/Entomology, Reddit. From the entry schistocerca
• Although bifolds are typically sold in kits where the doors are already hinged together, they're a little fussier than sliders or twins.2012, Andy Engel, Taunton's Carpentry Complete, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry bifold
• Got to dine with the Home Secretary tonight—fussy old hen, he's suddenly developed Communistphobia; thinks they're going to put a bomb under his bed.2012, Nicholas Blake, Thou Shell of Death, Random House, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry Communistphobia
• Moreover, the pathing tool, which always has the potential to be a fussy little beggar, is especially uncooperative in career mode where there is a lot of bespoke geometry.2025 February, Rick Lane, “Review: Planet Coaster 2”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 69; published online 1 November 2024. From the entry beggar
• The performers are dressed by Gary Lisz in saccharine, fussy balletic glosses on eighteenth-century costume—much gartering and lacing, with absurd skintight pantaloons beneath the flouncy short tutus.1989 June 19, Tobi Tobias, “Dance: Help Wanted”, in Edward Kosner, editor, New York, volume 22, number 25, New York, N.Y.: News America…. From the entry flouncy
• Let there be any industrial trouble of any kind, and down upon the district swoop dozens of fussy futilitarians, to argue, exhort, bully, and agitate generally.1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company. From the entry futilitarian

Meaning of fussy

1. adjective Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
2. adjective Having a tendency to fuss, cry, or be bad-tempered/ill-tempered (especially of babies).
3. adjective Having much unnecessary detail or decoration.

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Questions about fussy in a sentence

How do you use fussy in a sentence?

Fussy is used as an adjective. For example: “I put SpongeBob on when the kid gets fussy.”

What is a short sentence with fussy?

“Schistocercas shouldn't be such fussy eaters.”

What does fussy mean?

Fussy means anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.