Example Sentences

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A model of punctiliousness and a font of jejune humor, he is appalled by the clutter his predecessor left.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2020

Meyer’s punctiliousness took hold when he was in his late teens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2016

Even for the non-specialist, it’s impossible to thumb through “Fine Lines” without catching an infectious sense of punctiliousness married to passion.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2016

Where the walking rope line was often a long drawn out affair, the senator is now whisked out of venues with a military punctiliousness somewhat at odds with is free-wheeling reputation.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2016

At Katrine's airs of dignity she scoffed openly, and she would call in question Gwethyn's really quite harmless little exaggerations with ruthless punctiliousness.

From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela