We can always use new outlets for high-minded choosiness. From Wordnik.com. [Save the New York Schmattas] Reference
The Riekert Commission spoke of the "work choosiness" of many. From Wordnik.com. [7. The Riekert Commission: a Black Middle Class in the Making?] Reference
The women in this study had no information about the men's choosiness in general. From Wordnik.com. [Wray Herbert: Why We LIke Romantic Uncertainty] Reference
There was the same genteel choosiness at work when the American Bar Association was formed in 1878. From Wordnik.com. [A History of American Law] Reference
"This means a material increase in balance sheet," Mr. Dougan said, which the bank views as a "pretty low-risk part of its balance sheet" because of its choosiness and collateral held. From Wordnik.com. [Credit Suisse's Prime Brokerage Gets Boost After Lehman's Fall] Reference
It's June 11th, though, so choosiness is a luxury he could ill afford. From Wordnik.com. [FanHouse] Reference
Myatt said Barren's choosiness at the plate helped set up the game winning hit. From Wordnik.com. [Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY Homepage] Reference
Traditionally, one of the elements of gluttony was delicacy or choosiness regarding ingredients in food. From Wordnik.com. [Catholic Sensibility] Reference
Like travelers to exotic foreign lands, we should feel grateful for whatever's strictly edible and put any higher-order choosiness on hold. From Wordnik.com. [Slate Magazine] Reference
It's about the wisdom and the choosiness with which she, as an actor, picks her roles, avoiding the typical girlfriend or victim parts and sticking to more demanding, more complicated stuff. From Wordnik.com. [FlickFilosopher.com] Reference
Missing from the collections, if you rub your eyes and think about it, is a sense of refinement, a choosiness in the details and fabrics, something truly remarkable and not merely expensive. From Wordnik.com. [I want - I got] Reference
At the heart of this debate lie two distinct possibilities - that female choosiness is beneficial to the females themselves or that female choice traits are favoured because of 'good genes' that males contribute to female's offspring. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Clipped from www.nature.com The coevolution of choosiness and cooperation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
"We manipulated female choosiness by altering female ability to reject unwanted males in Adzuki beetle. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
(2008) The coevolution of choosiness and cooperation. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
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