were perfecting
- past progressive of perfect.
Example Sentences
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Hollywood studios in the 1990s were perfecting the art of the blockbuster even as indie filmmakers found new ways to reach ordinary moviegoers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
When not training, they played a lot of pool, cards and PlayStation’s Formula One game; they also were perfecting their TikTok challenges.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
In the 1950s, regional doo-wop groups such as the Clovers and Sonny Til and the Orioles were perfecting their close-harmony singing.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2021
In 1973, two PhD students, Ginés Morata and Pedro Ripoll were perfecting a way to track the various cell populations in a fruit-fly larva that would eventually develop into a wing.
From Nature ● Oct. 14, 2019
Meanwhile, all unaware of these dark suspicions, the Major and his Gallants were perfecting their preparations for the great surprise.
From The Mayor of Troy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
