picture-perfect
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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They brought with them a family album that showed a picture-perfect life: Yuriy and Valiera's wedding, their trip to Rome, and of course, wide-eyed baby Kirochka.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
The pressure to deliver a picture-perfect holiday is immense, and the financial cost can be steep.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025
Instead of Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren playing picture-perfect Mitch and Melanie, the original presents Nat Hocken, a disabled war veteran who works as a farm laborer, and whose wife remains a nameless domestic drudge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
The picture-perfect day quickly became a “nightmare,” according to the family.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
There was something missing from this puzzle that was supposed to be picture-perfect, though.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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