perfect
adjective
matching in every detail the definition of an ideal type of something.
was perfecting
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past progressiveof perfect.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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
As Sayers became more disenchanted with what detective fiction had to offer, her fellow crime queen, Agatha Christie, was perfecting and reinventing the genre.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2020
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
