Example Sentences

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Plus, stored furniture doesn’t always fare well unless fussily packed and cared for — a job you fobbed off on your sister.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023

She and the Dutchman meet over an awkward dinner at her house, separated by her parents and seated at opposite ends of the table, which is laid out slowly and fussily.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2021

The walls above the bar are covered with commemorative plates, the sort of thing you sometimes see in fussily genteel American homes.

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2017

Most of the time they carry their fussily dressed passengers in their arms.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2017

I busied myself with my tent, fussily made it into a little home.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson