Explore Stickler through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like martinet or disciplinarian. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Stickler in a sentence
Stickler meaning
- A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play.
- Someone who insistently advocates for something, especially for strict observance of a formal rule.
Synonyms of Stickler
Using Stickler
- The main meaning on this page is: A referee or adjudicator at a fight, wrestling match, duel, etc. who ensures fair play. | Someone who insistently advocates for something, especially for strict observance of a formal rule.
- Useful related words include: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist.
- In the example corpus, stickler often appears in combinations such as: stickler for, is stickler, and stickler.
Context around Stickler
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stickler
- In this selection, "stickler" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hole, wearing, throat, umpires and citation stand out and add context to how "stickler" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hole stickler umpires most and a stickler for honesty. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stickler" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stickler
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Serge had been a stickler for order and tidiness. (9 words)
Trained as an engineer, he was a stickler for minute detail. (11 words)
A stickler for honesty, he argued that accountants' responsibility was to investors, not their clients' management. (16 words)
For Missy, however, that means being grounded indefinitely, and while Sheldon is a stickler for rules, it was touching that he helped his sister find out what was happening on since she was prohibited from watching TV. (37 words)
The film tells a story of a woman named Jordan played by Regina Hall, who is a cut throat-stickler of a boss to her tech-savvy assistant, April played by Issa Rae. (33 words)
But some A-hole stickler umpires (most likely guys who hated that girls were allowed to play) said, “A rule’s a rule” and insisted that girls without cups could not play. (32 words)
In Sheard’s case, it’s Mr Bronson in Grange Hill, the toupee-wearing stickler who … of course it’s not that, it’s Adolf Hitler! (26 words)
Example sentences (17)
For Missy, however, that means being grounded indefinitely, and while Sheldon is a stickler for rules, it was touching that he helped his sister find out what was happening on since she was prohibited from watching TV.
As the bus stops at its terminus, David - a stickler for routine - gets up to check the bus for lost property and litter.
For instance, if you're a stickler for security, the OS packs BitLocker device encryption, meaning you can lock your device remotely so no one else can access its contents.
Serge had been a stickler for order and tidiness.
She was known as the last great Edwardian Lady, a stickler for royal protocol and a firm keeper-up of appearances - at all costs.
So, he jumps on the nearest high horse and gallops with rhetorical winds at his back, without regard to facts and circumstances, balance and a stickler’s respect for accuracy.
Walsh is a stickler for finding big practice spaces, not playing together for more than half an hour and taking 20-minute breaks.
But some A-hole stickler umpires (most likely guys who hated that girls were allowed to play) said, “A rule’s a rule” and insisted that girls without cups could not play.
In Sheard’s case, it’s Mr Bronson in Grange Hill, the toupee-wearing stickler who … of course it’s not that, it’s Adolf Hitler!
The FAI heard Capt Traill, who had thousands of hours of flying time, was described as a "safe pair of hands" and a "stickler" for the rules.
The film tells a story of a woman named Jordan played by Regina Hall, who is a cut throat-stickler of a boss to her tech-savvy assistant, April played by Issa Rae.
Burton is also a stickler for details, but it seems that even some get by him in post-production.
Justin Tickle (senior), Jimmy Teall (senior) and Brody Allbee (sophomore) all return from the all-state 3200 relay team and senior state qualifying throwers Zac Stickler and Noah Nivison return as well.
They feel like she is a stickler for following orders, and that’s not necessarily the right thing.
Archbishop Matthew Parker of that time used it and "precisian" with the sense of the modern "stickler". citation In modern times, the word "puritan" is often used to mean "against pleasure".
A stickler for honesty, he argued that accountants' responsibility was to investors, not their clients' management.
Trained as an engineer, he was a stickler for minute detail.
Common combinations with stickler
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- stickler for 11×
- is stickler 3×
- and stickler 2×