Petty criticism, slangily

Usage examples of nit.

She liked this Nit, who could not be called Nita because she was an inny.

Kellian had let Nit try to write programming code, letting her make mistakes and fix them.

Grabbing Nit by the arm, she ducked behind the data console, crouching.

Kellian turned to upbraid her, there stood Sister Patricia Margaret Logue, holding Nit by the ear.

Kellian waved Nit over to her, but Nit sat as though nailed to the stool.

For all her fears, Nit was starting to enjoy playing cat and mouse with Hilde.

No one was there to hear her recitation, but Kellian was sure Nit had faithfully recounted them.

The authorities might eventually have been forced to admit defeat, had it not been for the random, fortuitous entrance of a golden nit, no larger than a bumblebee, into the private study of the Cavalier vo Meureille.

With a buzz and a whir of metallic wings, a nit of NuNu took to the air, circling about in search of escape or concealment.

Obediently Kairthe wrenched the shoe from her foot and struck, missing the nit but hitting the window.

A pane shattered, and the nit, freighted with lethal information, glided for the gap.

Kairthe and Eliste screamed, Prince vo Plume barked and cavorted wildly, and the nit zipped out of range.

Wildly, Eliste flung the book, and the excited nit whizzed straight at her face.

She opened her eyes to discover the nit, trapped and buzzing furiously, its sting buried in her wrist.

The nit struggled, the tweezers vibrated between her fingers, and Eliste tightened her grip.