Sentence examples for be picky in from inspiring English sources

He promised to be picky in choosing his second administration and declared the economy to be his "very top priority".

Available capital now significantly exceeds viable investment opportunities so digital entrepreneurs can afford to be picky in choosing their funding partners.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph in December, Johnson, then mayor of London, said the west could not afford to be picky in its choice of allies since Isis in Syria could not be defeated without terrestrial forces.

This is the same as any other time I have applied for jobs and something I think many people forget when they are initially applying for jobs... it pays to be picky in teaching!

In a chaotic and anarchic world where authoritarian powers like Russia, China, Iran and possibly Turkey are on the rise, we cannot be picky in choosing our allies.

As a clock radio, it's one of the better I've come across, and I tend to be picky in that arena.

Because of the strong sales market in Manhattan, co-op and condo boards have been able to be pickier in every way, demanding higher incomes from buyers and better manners from dogs.

The numbers game had only exhausted me and I promised myself to be pickier in the future.

It may not have appeared that way but I've always been picky in what I've done.

The World Cup weekend was however bookended by 1-1 draws that culminated in penalty drama, two games which had nothing – except for the scorelines, the spot-kick conclusions and various other key details, if you're being picky – in common.

The musicians have replaced their Twitter profile pictures and header images with blank blue images – actually turquoise, if we're being picky – in the kind of coordinated campaign that's more often used for charitable purposes.