How to Use the nitty-gritty in a Sentence

the nitty-gritty

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• With this tool, golfers can get down to the nitty-gritty of basic mechanics to improve their game.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
• Many use the extra time during the four-day weekend, having Monday off, to get down to the nitty-gritty of doing their taxes.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2023
• Here is the nitty-gritty breakdown on those income thresholds.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
• This was a conscious decision made by Lowry, who has shared the nitty-gritty details about her life for years on 16 and Pregnant and later Teen Mom.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
• His struggle to get out of his head and delve into the nitty-gritty of the art form reflects a frantic desire for inspiration.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• But the problem has been that the nature of elections, and the nitty-gritty of it, gives the white Christian nationalist base in those states still enough power to hold control of the region.
  — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
• The site reemerged as a permanent outlet in May 2022, at a time when few newsrooms devote major resources to the nitty-gritty of how elections work.
  — Sanya Mansoor, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
• Advertisement Whatever his opinions are or are not, get to the nitty-gritty of the goals and values for the family.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
• There are fishing channels about all species, all tactics, all locations and many that delve way deep into the nitty-gritty of fishing and science and more.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
• The market may or may not have it right on the nitty-gritty numbers—but the political dividend could be just as important.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023
• The decision of whether to send a child to TK usually comes down to the nitty-gritty specifics of any family’s situation and school options: What are the program’s hours?
  — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
• Think of the keynote as the top-level view focused a bit more on the user's perspective, while the state of the union session gets into the nitty-gritty for the people who will make software using the new features.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 6 June 2024
• Here's the nitty-gritty on sorting laundry by color, the best water temperature for mixing loads, and more.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2023
• But shows that crack the D.C. code ground their broader stories in authenticity by fixating on the nitty-gritty.
  — Eric Schultz, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2023
• Offloading all of the nitty-gritty details to someone else is more appealing than ever.
  — Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2023
• Most people find the nitty-gritty of data policy boring and pay little attention to the risks of surveillance.
  — Nicholas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 10 July 2018
• The reviews will tell you the nitty-gritty details that the product description leaves out — like if those socks stay feeling soft AF after multiple washes, or if the backseat in that car feels like a sack of potatoes.
  — Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
• Maintaining a health file also familiarizes people with the nitty-gritty details of their health.
  — Mark Hay, SELF, 29 Mar. 2023
• Like undertakers and garbage haulers, obstetricians see the nitty-gritty of human existence that can be ghastly and grotesque.
  — Sarah Varney, NBC News, 22 July 2023
• Emulating the terseness of a Jules Dassin heist thriller while largely eschewing the coolness that tends to come with it, Hviid drills into the nitty-gritty details of the robbery until any sense of moral judgment has seeped out of the equation.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
• For the moment, however, Prasad’s analysis is the best single point of entry for those interested in the nitty-gritty of digital finance.
  — Eswar S. Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
• Biden’s speeches seldom get into the nitty-gritty of the content being challenged or how the backlash from conservative activists is putting the profession under duress.
  — Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• Finally, Quaid suggests keeping a network of other founders and angels with prior startup experience to help with some of the nitty-gritty details.
  — Allbusiness, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• And a hotel isn’t ready for its close-up until all of the nitty-gritty—ensuring the liquor licenses have been approved, the staff uniforms fit correctly, and, of course, confirming that the lamps actually have light bulbs—has been attended to.
  — Stacey Lastoe, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 June 2023
• However, the sense of entitlement to the nitty-gritty details of a person’s romantic life seems to be leveled at single people in a uniquely casual, offhand way.
  — Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 11 Dec. 2023
• However, the sense of entitlement to the nitty-gritty details of a person’s romantic life seems to be levelled at single people in a uniquely casual, offhand way.
  — Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 7 Dec. 2023
• This fact, along with Putin’s disinterest in the nitty-gritty of governance, means there is ever more room for improvisation and freelancing at all levels of the state apparatus.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
• That may be great for generating press clippings or fundraising, but the nitty-gritty of managing a state sometimes requires actual cognitive skills.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
• As the messenger planet retrogrades back into Leo on Aug. 14, the focus shifts from focusing on the nitty-gritty to prioritizing bold expression and our heart's desires.
  — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024
• Her familiarity with the nitty-gritty of what makes work work eventually led to a director of operations role at San Francisco-venture-capital firm Homebrew.
  — Anne Marie Chaker, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024