perfection

Example Sentences

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The goal here is not perfection, but momentum.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

“Everyone knows what he’s capable of. Everyone knows his main goal when he goes out there. He expects perfection every single time. And I think he was very, very close to it today.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

She now makes time to go to the gym and see friends and is trying to give herself permission not to strive for perfection.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

“We continue to see risks around the valuation premium and multiple, which in our opinion are pricing in perfection in an imperfect world,” says Burrows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Even from a distance, she was glowing perfection: long golden hair in an ornate braid, a high forehead, graceful eyebrows, a delicate nose.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack