Examples of 'splitting hairs' in a sentence

Meaning of "splitting hairs"

splitting hairs: This phrase is used to depict a situation where someone is making fine or overly precise distinctions between similar things, often to an unnecessary or pedantic extent
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  • present participle of split hairs

How to use "splitting hairs" in a sentence

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splitting hairs
Splitting hairs did not save the rabbit.
In the fact that we were just splitting hairs.
I think you are splitting hairs unnecessarily.
You have a natural talent for splitting hairs.
But we are splitting hairs here.
Most mothers would consider that splitting hairs.
Really just splitting hairs here.
A solid half then if you insist on splitting hairs.
Let us stop splitting hairs here.
All the kids here are so talented and we are splitting hairs.
You are just splitting hairs now.
Splitting hairs here.
I think you might be splitting hairs here.
Do not go splitting hairs or I will take the door too.
I am sorry but you are splitting hairs here.

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Splitting hairs over the definition of many?
So you are really splitting hairs here.
To make this analysis in our own day is not just a matter of splitting hairs.
That is thin and splitting hairs but she is on.
But determining which is which might seem like splitting hairs.
I think we are splitting hairs here.
You physicists, you have a natural talent for splitting hairs.
It seems to me that splitting hairs is exactly what you are about.
I have also been accused of splitting hairs.
Still splitting hairs.
Mothers consider that splitting hairs.
Stop splitting hairs.
We do not waste time splitting hairs.
Are we just splitting hairs here about terminology?
In this case you are splitting hairs.
Imagine splitting hairs and then splitting them again!
Do not start splitting hairs.
For most countries, such small differences would be splitting hairs.
Now we are splitting hairs.
And besides, it seems to me that you are splitting hairs.
I am not splitting hairs.
Kill them all slowly and painfully " is splitting hairs.
Always splitting hairs.
Eddie, this is no time for splitting hairs.
The British Government is just splitting hairs in its pathetic attempts to justify military attack.
BS of course, but they will keep splitting hairs.
So it may appear that we are splitting hairs in trying to differentiate between them.
I read it, I think we are really splitting hairs.
They are splitting hairs.
You will say I am being a nitpicker, that I am splitting hairs.
No point in splitting hairs.
She 's splitting hairs that could not be seen With an electron microscope.
Seems you are splitting hairs.
Always splitting hairs Easy to see he 's a Jew.
If you insist on splitting hairs.

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