How to Use choosy in a Sentence

choosy

adjective
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  • You can't be too choosy if you want a job right away.
  • We could afford to be as choosy as we wanted to be.
  • Nuthatches are not choosy about feeders; most styles do the job.
    — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 6 Apr. 2021
  • But this group is also very choosy; the city ranked one of the highest for picky mates by Bumble.
    — Claire Volkman, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Can women’s sports leagues afford to be choosy about their fan bases?
    — Maggie Mertens, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2021
  • On the other hand, experts say the jobs filled the fastest are meeting the demands of more choosy workers.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2022
  • At this point in his career, Tretter doesn’t have to play, and can be choosy about a return.
    — cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
  • All that can be said for sure is that the gods inhabiting the Sacred Cenote were not choosy.
    — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
  • In other words, Ferrari can afford to be choosy about who gets its best cars.
    — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, 15 June 2017
  • But investors are getting choosier about where to put their money.
    — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 27 July 2018
  • That said, a team like the Heat (or basically any team other than the Warriors) can't be choosy.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 June 2018
  • But buyers are choosy and across all price ranges, sellers are giving more and settling for less.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 17 May 2018
  • Investors have grown more choosy, but the funding spigot remains open for some.
    — Shefali Anand, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022
  • On top of that, potential workers can now be choosy and opt for a year-round job with benefits.
    — Lisa Rathke, The Know, 29 Oct. 2019
  • However unconventional this team might have been, the Navy didn’t have the time to be choosy.
    — Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • Rielle, who is actively looking for a new job, is being more choosy.
    — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Businesses could afford to be choosy -- and offer low salaries.
    — Heather Long, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Are the economy and the public better off when workers get to be choosy or when employers do?
    — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • And be choosy; only save things that really deserve it.
    — Gretchen Rubin, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2019
  • Because new graduates can afford to be choosy, some are taking their time to lock in a new job, recruiters say.
    — Lindsay Ellis, WSJ, 7 May 2022
  • With so many companies in need of cash, deep-pocketed investors can be choosy.
    — Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • In another flashback, Madison's in middle school, and her father tells her not to be choosy about boys.
    — Amanda Ostuni, EW.com, 26 May 2021
  • Of course, the giants of the industry are also hawking boutique marques of their own to attract choosier drinkers.
    — Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2017
  • Still, with few roster spots available, little money to spend and plenty invested in the young backcourt, the Cavs have to be choosy.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2020
  • The fit here is strong, except that Harbaugh can afford to be choosy and ask for personnel control, and the Colts don't have a quarterback plan to present him.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Researchers surmise that the dinosaur was a choosy eater and that forest fires might have played an important role in its lifestyle.
    — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 3 June 2020
  • The crypt-keepers were choosy about their victims as well, preferring gall wasps without spikes or fur on their bodies.
    — Fox News, 27 Sep. 2019
  • This kept her head in the game, her industry contacts warm and provided the financial breathing room to be choosy about her jobs.
    — Jennifer Folsom, NBC News, 20 May 2021
  • Landing in a daylit part of the world would have clearly been preferable, but back in the Apollo era, returning lunar astronauts could not be so choosy.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Now, with Colorado River reservoirs parched from two decades of unrelenting drought, the region has little room to be so choosy.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2022

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