was perfecting
- past progressive of perfect.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps a little shameful to admit in a year of culinary achievements, but one of my proudest was perfecting the soup-salad-breadstick combo from Olive Garden at home.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
The East Texas native’s greatest concern was perfecting Ruth’s Canadian accent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
She was perfecting moves within a week of first trying them.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2023
Then she laughed, recalling one week when Jim, who loves hunting, was perfecting his turkey call and would randomly blurt it out amid the bangs and clangs of the factory.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 30, 2019
He was perfecting a technique by which the gold could be leached out of the rock by processing it with a cyanide solution.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
