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How to use meticulous in a sentence

16 example sentences · adjective

Meticulous means characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details. Example: “The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends.”

Examples of meticulous by meaning

adjectiveCharacterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.

  • The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends.1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 28 July 1943

More sentences with meticulous

  • Hur was seen as a meticulous investigator during the probe, sources told CNN.2024 March 11, Hannah Rabinowitz, Holmes Lybrand and Paula Reid, “Capitol Hill hearing puts Robert Hur, investigator behind Biden…. From the entry investigator
  • It looks like a film, a meticulous, detailed, visually balanced wide-screen Wes Anderson one.2023 June 15, Manohla Dargis, “‘Asteroid City’ Review: Our Town and Country”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry proscenium
  • Stephenson is one of speculative fiction’s most meticulous architects, and here he’s got sheets and sheets of blueprint.2021 November 16, Omar El Akkad, “Neal Stephenson’s Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry speculative fiction
  • There was some wild free improvising in the middle, building up to a meticulous and completely nonwild solo by Mr.2009 June 25, Ben Ratliff, “Mixing the Prepared With the Impromptu”, in New York Times. From the entry nonwild
  • Most critics group Lanyon with the Chicago imagists, artists who use ordinary objects and meticulous detail to explore fantasy.1988 January 22, Holly Greenhagen, “Art Facts: Ellen Lanyon's magic art”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry imagist
  • The first stage was simple, for one with knowledge of herbcraft, but had to be done with meticulous care.1982 February, Jayge Carr, “Reunion”, in Susan M. Schwartz, editor, Hecate's Cauldron, United States: DAW Books, →ISBN, page 227. From the entry herbcraft
  • The solo is possibly his plainest, almost an ABC of his meticulous approach to subdividing the body in motion — twist, bend, reach, step.2020 April 21, Marina Harss, “Twist, Bend, Reach, Step: A Merce Cunningham Solo Anyone Can Try”, in The New York Times. From the entry ABC
  • Through meticulous research, Urban found that in some ponds the marbled salamander heavily preyed upon the spotted salamanders, until there were few left.2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018. From the entry marbled salamander
  • The whole place is incredibly spick-and-span, and the insisted-on routine with towels, hair-nets, bathing caps and rubber slippers is almost unbelievably meticulous.1982 October 17, Henry Scott Stokes, “What’s Doing in Tokyo”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry hair-net
  • With meticulous attention to detail and the Harry Potter canon, Universal engineers have created immersive waiting areas that are just as magically engaging as the ride itself.2018 August 22–28, “Best Magical Queue”, in Jessica Bryce Young, editor, Best of Orlando 2018 (Orlando Weekly), Orlando, Fla.: Euclid…. From the entry Avada Kedavra
  • Duplications and accessory toes can sometimes be simply reduced or removed, but occasionally the skeletal architecture is very complex and careful planning and meticulous surgery are necessary.2010 March 10, Michael Benson, John Fixsen, Malcolm Macnicol, Klausdieter Parsch, Children’s Orthopaedics and Fractures, Springer Science…. From the entry accessory
  • I rarely listen to any of them but I'm a completionist and meticulous fanatic (for better or worse), and wouldn't want to miss any component from his recording career.2010, Tom Waters, Slapstick & Superego: essays, rants & scathing social commentary, →ISBN, page 202. From the entry completionist
  • From the trees comes the doleful cry of the black-faced dioch, and the weary rustle of galagos creeping back to their nests after a meticulous night's prowl.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 146. From the entry galago
  • In fact, as Fara Dabhoiwala explains in this meticulous and much-needed history, it has long been a “weaponized mantra” in a public sphere dominated by the moneyed and the powerful.2025 March 27, Joe Moran, “What Is Free Speech? by Fara Dabhoiwala review – a brilliant history of a weaponised mantra”, in The Guardian. From the entry Fara
  • Casting the top news developments, here and there supported by films, is Charles Collingwood, another down-to-earther despite the poshy aura about his background (Rhodes scholar, etc.) and the meticulous grooming.1954 March 17, Trau, “The Morning Show”, in Variety, volume 194, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Variety, →ISSN, →OCLC, Tele Reviews, page 27…. From the entry down-to-earther

Meaning of meticulous

  1. adjective Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
  2. adjective Timid, fearful, overly cautious.

Full definition of meticulous

Questions about meticulous in a sentence

How do you use meticulous in a sentence?
Meticulous is used as an adjective. For example: “The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends.”
What is a short sentence with meticulous?
“Hur was seen as a meticulous investigator during the probe, sources told CNN.”
What does meticulous mean?
Meticulous means characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.

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