perfection

Example Sentences

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“I think you impressed him. He’s very kind but expects perfection.”

From Literature

“Everything is delicious, cooked to perfection,” Papa says.

From Literature

The hard bargain of public education has always been that it seeks to do the greatest good for the greatest number of kids, meaning it rarely offers perfection for individual children.

From Los Angeles Times

“Stocks are priced for near perfection,” said Bob Doll, chief investment officer at Crossmark Global Investments.

From The Wall Street Journal

That achievement is not perfection, which is commonly the bar set on social media by naysayers in search of clicks, but it is unequivocal excellence.

From Los Angeles Times