How to Use the nitty-gritty in a Sentence

the nitty-gritty

noun
  • Let’s get down to the nitty-gritty.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Bose would rather float in the sky-ocean than get down to the nitty-gritty.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Let’s get into the nitty-gritty.
    — Benjamin Tepler, Outside, 6 Dec. 2025
  • But some of Friday’s meeting dealt with the nitty-gritty of how the bills would work.
    — Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
  • This is the season that the fans have been waiting for — the nitty-gritty stuff, the battles and the blood.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Swift went into the nitty-gritty of getting her masters.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Prior to jumping into the nitty-gritty, start with a list of daily to-dos.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 25 May 2026
  • Prior to jumping into the nitty-gritty, start with a list of daily to-dos.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Our data set is very large, and so this is a tool to get into some of the nitty-gritty that isn’t in the case studies.
    — Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
  • Our kitchen experts determined the nitty-gritty details that set them apart.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
  • Ahead, our experts also get into the nitty-gritty of what to look for and avoid while scanning the web for your next go-to pair.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
  • While the invites can give the basics of events, the website will get into the nitty-gritty of all your details.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2026
  • That starts with digging into the nitty-gritty details of the data on daraxonrasib.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • This is the time to really get into the nitty-gritty with exfoliating your body and following up with a fresh shave.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025
  • That platitude — polarize — was used multiple times to describe the film’s political world, even the nitty-gritty of it.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • One is this series recently published in The Baffler, which explores the nitty-gritty world of how writers make a living.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
  • Images like this one help astronomers better understand the nitty-gritty details of star formation, giving us more clues about the early universe and its first stars.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Asking media companies for money in exchange for carrying the nitty-gritty meetings of government at a time of tumult in the sector is no easy task.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Barrett will be in charge of the nitty-gritty details of the quarterback position and will play a huge role in Caleb Williams’ development.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Items that get into the nitty-gritty, like toilet brushes and mops, should be properly cleaned and dried after each use, whereas items like brooms and sponges can go a little longer without needing a deep clean.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • If Part 1 is really a fairy tale, Part 2 does get into the nitty-gritty of the reality of their situation a little bit more.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • To assess whether social media is generally harmful to kids and teens, lawyers will have to argue about the nitty-gritty of a complicated and conflicted scientific field.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Even after nearly a full day Thursday scrutinizing Tapia’s timecards and payroll codes, both sides returned Friday to the nitty-gritty.
    — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
  • But, barring that, business leaders seem to be less wowed by the hype around AI this year and more concerned with the nitty-gritty of how to implement the technology successfully at scale.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Kennedy’s overhaul of the group and its unfamiliarity with some of the nitty-gritty of procedural requirements was evident throughout the afternoon.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
  • These researchers, tackling the nitty-gritty of civilization, focused on Bulgaria as parasite analysis from this region had never been published.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026
  • During filming, Fosse became fixated on getting the minutiae right, the nitty-gritty particulars.
    — Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In The New Republic, Alex Shephard analyzed the nitty-gritty successes.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Shifting his attention away from the nitty-gritty of his mechanics and toward a more macro approach of harnessing his athleticism while hitting, Swanson is seeing encouraging early production.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The combination of conference expansion and the nitty-gritty methodology behind the NET Rankings don’t bode well for that changing anytime soon.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026

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