How to Use perfect in a Sentence

perfect

1 of 3 adjective

• This is a perfect time to have a wedding.
• Going to the museum was a perfect way to spend a rainy day.
• He drew a perfect circle.
• His behavior is a perfect example of what not to do.
• She's a perfect baby. She hardly cries and she sleeps through the night.
• Not sure where to find your perfect match?
  — Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
• Ewin would be perfect in that role.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• The drums sound just so perfect on it.
  — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026
• This doesn’t need to be perfect.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• That’s not to say theme parks are perfect.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• Scroll down to find your perfect match.
  — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
• For nine months, that plan looked perfect.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
• Sanchez was near-perfect the rest of the game.
  — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
• Keep scrolling to find your perfect pouch.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 15 Mar. 2026
• Is there such a thing as a ‘perfect pan’?
  — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
• What does your perfect day off from work look like?
  — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
• Kylie Bourquin was perfect last week.
  — Jeffrey Perkins, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Feb. 2026
• So just how long can a perfect bracket last?
  — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2026
• The one thing missing is her perfect guy by her side.
  — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
• But the game is not about being perfect.
  — Omar Kelly november 7, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
• There’s a lot of playoff games that are not perfect.
  — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 6 May 2026
• The break up wasn't perfect and never will be.
  — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
• Their warmups were a parade of perfect jump shots.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
• All of which is nothing perfect, of course.
  — Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
• The seventh pack was perfect, with no true duds in the group.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 25 Dec. 2021
• What does your perfect day off of work and filming look like?
  — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
• Finding the perfect present for the man in your life can be tricky.
  — Lauren Dana, SELF, 9 June 2022
• What a perfect place for this series.
  — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
• Each puri had to be crisp, golden, perfect.
  — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
• Its progress didn’t come from one perfect demo.
  — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

perfect

2 of 3 verb

• Shit’s gotta sit around for a minute … fine-tune it, perfect it.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 21 July 2023
• Sh–’s gotta sit around for a minute … fine-tune it, perfect it.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 25 July 2023
• The goal is not to perfect the business.
  — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
• In both cases, whites are very close to perfect.
  — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2026
• All this would take decades to erect and centuries to perfect.
  — Richard Campanella, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2018
• The third year came, the fourth year was perfected.
  — Damien Henderson, CBS News, 12 June 2026
• The space is vibrant and small, but perfect for a quick bite.
  — Gerry Frank, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2019
• Prince took them up and perfected them.
  — Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
• From there, the team needed time to craft the dress and perfect the fit.
  — Sarah Ball, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2022
• Simply perfect rock ‘n’ roll, no notes.
  — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
• Don’t wait to perfect the product.
  — Denys Kliuch, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• The fit in the ear is close to perfect thanks to the shape and weight of the earbuds.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2021
• He was offered the job and got a chance to sing, dance and act and perfect his craft.
  — Carol Cain, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2020
• This is a great chance to define your brand voice and perfect your offer.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
• Now, the brand wants to pivot and perfect your home workout too.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2020
• Golden should get more chances to perfect his form in the coming weeks.
  — ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
• There's never been a better time to perfect your at-home mani skills.
  — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2020
• There’s never been a better time to perfect your at-home mani skills.
  — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 3 Dec. 2021
• Some images have taken days, weeks, months or even years to perfect.
  — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
• Don’t just perfect one movement in one place, do many movements in many places.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2022
• Great for layering over pants or tights, or perfect just tossed on for a quick run out of the house.
  — Gail Goldberg, SFChronicle.com, 21 June 2018
• The white was a little more in my wheelhouse and perfect for the office.
  — Libby Page, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
• The rest of my journey to perfect credit came in baby steps.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
• The best way to perfect your calling is to listen to the calls of live turkeys.
  — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
• So what drives Laura to spend so much time trying to perfect her work?
  — Brian Platzer, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2021
• That’s a move Young perfected with the Hawks.
  — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• To be at his best, Thompson has worked on perfecting a few things.
  — Mark Medina, The Mercury News, 9 June 2019
• The brick red shade is almost burgundy and perfect for the girl who likes a red lip, but not too bold.
  — Asia Milia Ware, Teen Vogue, 26 Apr. 2019
• Maren prefers to stay behind the bar and perfect the art of cocktail-making.
  — Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 14 Mar. 2021
• And then Ben makes a new friend, Darby, who wants to perfect him.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021

perfect

3 of 3 noun

• Great teams know how to win big games, and this week was proof perfect of it.
  — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• The weather was crisp in the morning and perfect at the green flag.
  — Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• This style comes in so many versions, though, that you're bound to find one perfect for you.
  — Redbook, 21 June 2011
• Plants spread to form a dense mat perfect for suppressing weeds.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
• The only thing that's missing to make this the *perfect* kiss?
  — Yerin Kim, Seventeen, 23 Oct. 2019
• This is the perfect late '60s mix of street clothes and tailoring.
  — Andrew D. Luecke, Esquire, 16 Dec. 2014
• They are built to be played and replayed as the player seeks the perfect, most thrilling, most ridiculous kill.
  — Julie Muncy, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2018
• In other words, don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good—every bit of progress helps.
  — Jeff Wilser, Time, 13 Oct. 2022
• Roasted potatoes are a simple, hearty side perfect for a winter meal.
  — Saveur, 15 Sep. 2015
• Schwartz’s second suggestion is not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
• In other words, Norway didn’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
  — New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
• The bands hug your foot and make the shoe perfect for throwing on in a hurry, but stable enough for an impromptu hike.
  — Outside Online, 15 May 2018
• Looking picture-perfect on the beach isn't new for the Cooper-Shayk clan.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Jan. 2018
• The glittery finish will hide imperfections, so no need to stress about making the blue coat perfect.
  — Megan Inayoshi, Good Housekeeping, 2 Dec. 2013
• Plus the cherry filling adds a festive pop of red perfect for Fourth of July.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
• Plus the cherry filling adds a festive pop of red perfect for Fourth of July.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
• The press-in-the-pan piecrust is truly no-fuss, sporting a crumblier texture but perfect for the creamy filling.
  — Amy Dewall Dadmun, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 May 2018
• There was the playroom off the master bedroom — with a tent perfect for a play date — and the bedroom down the hall with twin beds and a cute toy sailboat.
  — Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• But Monday is a perfect for the Blazers to start changing that perception.
  — oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2022
• Sweet alyssum is a low-growing annual perfect for tucking beneath tall plants like tomato or lining the edges of planting beds.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
• There are no indulgently long songs—SUSS record in the present perfect.
  — Brian Howe, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
• The 30-year-old perfects new beers the brewery will produce and also pushes boundaries with more extreme ideas for recipes.
  — oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2020
• Also making a splash is none other than 50 First Dates, a rom-com perfect for a night in with popcorn.
  — Brianna Wiest, Teen Vogue, 23 Feb. 2018
• His tone ranges wide, from rich and throaty in the lower reaches of his instrument to brilliant and pitch-perfect in the violin's highest range.
  — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 8 Aug. 2017
• Portland’s best chance of the first half came on a perfect through ball from Christine Sinclair to Sophia Smith.
  — oregonlive, 13 May 2022
• House Democrats would need to stop allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good and agree to a compromise that can pass the Senate.
  — Michael R. Strain, Star Tribune, 18 Nov. 2020
• That isn’t soon enough for activists, who still crowd the police commission meetings, but Johnson isn’t one to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
  — Joe Domanick, Los Angeles Magazine, 13 July 2017
• Between the yachts and the five-star hotels and fabulous outfits, the life of the Legends has looked picture-perfect recently.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2017
• Nationally, less than one-tenth of 1 perfect of all students who take the ACT earn a score of 36.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• Check out Farsali Unicore Essence Mini — a travel sized makeup primer perfect for beauty boosts on the go.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 16 Oct. 2017