Practice makes perfect
Doing something over and over makes one better at it.
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How to use Practice makes perfect in a sentence
For Ebola care, as with all other things, it is likely that Practice makes perfect—and that only perfect is good enough.
Can You Treat Ebola—And Stay Safe? | Abby Haglage, Kent Sepkowitz | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith an endless number of ways to prepare cold sesame noodles, Practice makes perfect—and makes for the perfect meal.
Practice makes perfect, for I spoke to them more or less in fluent French!
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieThe rainy season here lasts all the year round; and if Practice makes perfect—There, now I 'm wet through, I can't be worse.
The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) | Charles James LeverBut the voice is not invariably subject to the law that Practice makes perfect.
The Psychology of Singing | David C. Taylor
Psychological principles verify the proverb that Practice makes perfect.
The Psychology of Singing | David C. TaylorBut "Practice makes perfect," they say, so I still persevere, hoping that it may come right some day.
Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl | Jenny Wren
Other Idioms and Phrases with Practice makes perfect
Frequently doing something makes one better at doing it, as in I've knit at least a hundred sweaters, but in my case practice hasn't made perfect. This proverbial expression was once put as Use makes mastery, but by 1560 the present form had become established.
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