And he was as fussy as any old maid I ever saw.

He was as fussy in business details as Franklin was easy and careless.

Children may not be so much as fussy as discerning.

You're as fussy as Nari all of a sudden.

You'd be just as fussy as I am.

Jim, you're as fussy as an old maid.

You can't be as fussy as all that unless you can afford to wait for good parts.

And then, if you know a vegan or are one, are vegans as fussy as they are reported to be?

He's as fussy about having a scrap of paper as Cresty the Flycatcher is about having a piece of Snakeskin.

Mrs. Johnson was as fussy about deadheading her flowers as Papa was about getting rid of every weed on their property.

In truth, she had little mercy on old men in general, who as a class struck her as fussy, ridiculous, and repulsive.

Like all provincials, he cannot eat and drink alone: he must have company as fussy and as fond of sedate conversation as himself.

"Is she just as fussy as ever?"

"If that's the way you really looked, I evidently wasn't as fussy about such things then as I am now," he laughed.