Example Sentences

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But by the time the couple had settled in Mazan in 2014, he had perfected and expanded his operation.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024

“Dad baked a lot of bløtkake for this church,” she recalled, referring to the traditional soft cake that her father had perfected as a baker in Norway.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2022

“We had perfected the paradox of our relationship,” Craig writes.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

She decided to focus on cross-country skiing because it relies on some of the same traits — adaptation, determination, focus and repetitive movements — she had perfected in track.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2022

She had perfected the whine of a nine-year-old.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee