Imperfection

//ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən//

"Imperfection" in a Sentence (15 examples)

The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.

I didn't notice the imperfection.

She is fixated on one perceived imperfection when she is perfect in every way.

He wasted his youth on an imperfection no one cared about and some women actually found it attractive.

No dear, Nature made you so perfectly that this small defect shocks me as being a sign of earthly imperfection.

It's better to aim for perfection and miss it than to aim for imperfection and achieve it.

Light bounces off each imperfection in the Polar Plateau, each wrinkle of snow and pinnacle of ice is set aglow.

One of her famous photographs was taken in nineteen sixty-six. It is of a young transvestite. A transvestite is a man who dresses and acts like a woman. This man is wearing plastic objects in his hair to curl and shape it. He is also wearing makeup on his face to make it look more like a woman. The picture is taken from close up with severe lighting effects. In the dark centers of his eyes you can see the light from Arbus’ camera. You can see every detail and imperfection of his pale skin. He looks directly at you as though he has nothing to hide. His look is one of interest and acceptance.

Is there beauty in imperfection?

Imperfection is part of being human.

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You can accept your imperfection or try to improve.

And for the first time she realised what it was to escape from the smallish perfection of England, into the grander imperfection of a great continent.

He loves me despite my imperfections.

It will be sufficient for me if I discover many beauties or imperfections which others have not attended to; and I should be very glad to see one of our eminent writers publish their discoveries on the same subject.

Notice that cleavage has nothing to do with imperfections in the crystal. Indeed, if you try cleaving an imperfect crystal, you may find that it cannot be cleaved as well as a perfect one. The cleavage is the result of the orderliness of the atomic arrangement. No wonder imperfections, which disturb the orderliness, disturb the cleavage as well. You will also note that the cleavage directions are obedient to the symmetry of the crystal.

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