How to Use imperfection in a Sentence

imperfection

noun

• She tried to hide the imperfection in the cloth.
• He detected several imperfections in the surface of the jewel.
• Yes, there are imperfections in the way some keep and deal with their charges.
  — John Schandelmeier, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 Oct. 2017
• Against the crooked imperfection of the word, this happened.
  — Elizabeth Willis, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022
• That imperfection, though, is all the more on show now.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2020
• The road back down to street level curls around the back of the butte in a series of steep straights, fast turns and road imperfections.
  — William Roberson, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• But for her, the potential for imperfection is part of the point.
  — Marc Hogan, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2024
• But that's not the case and the orbital imperfections mean that a day on Earth is not always 24 hours long.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2018
• Fog sealant is used to fill in cracks and imperfections on a road surface and can preserve the life of the pavement.
  — David Williams, CNN, 8 Oct. 2019
• The idea is to call attention to the flaw rather than hide it, to accept the imperfection and work to enhance it.
  — Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2023
• The flaws are the inspiration for the title of the show, and these imperfections are a large part of what drew Bernau to Ruhter’s work.
  — Maxine Marshall, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2018
• Matte nails don’t leave a lot of room for imperfections, so keep this in mind.
  — Lauren Finney Harden, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2024
• This, my friend, is where the magic happens – in the imperfection, in the failing and doing.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
• What unites so many of 2018’s TV moms and dads, sons and daughters, is imperfection.
  — Jeff Lipsky, HWD, 14 June 2018
• But experts need to learn to live with imperfection as people do with the virus.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020
• Get ready to blur imperfections and help your skin thrive with these must-have products.
  — Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
• The ride now is now more taut and some road bumps and imperfections are more noticeable.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Aug. 2017
• But at the core of them all is a very simple idea: Assume imperfection.
  — Alexander Gounares, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
• The imperfections of this scheme are clear, judging by weak returns in the state sector.
  — The Economist, 20 July 2017
• Fired up after the back and forth, Bryant went on to discuss how just like any good piece of art, there’s beauty in the imperfections, too.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• That’s the beauty, that’s the imperfection—no one has a perfect life, and there are no stories that are perfect.
  — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024
• And there are many who try to pick at the imperfections of the experiment, as if catching them in a lie, Sarah says.
  — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2019
• There is a book of my notebook that's sort of my drawings and my notes, also a lot of imperfection there.
  — Bon Appétit, 3 Feb. 2025
• How does the process of injecting filler into the nose work to fix imperfections?
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 11 Mar. 2019
• Like any good instant camera, part of the fun is in the imperfections, like soft focus, light leaks, and colors that look straight out of the ‘80s.
  — Juhi Wadia, PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2025
• At the bottom right, Ginger Strawhorn checks the cloth for imperfections.
  — Bob Davis, WSJ, 19 July 2018
• The power of the idea is that the imperfections of the quantum circuit can (and are) included in the measurement.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 1 May 2018
• Every inch of the system’s rails is supposed to be checked twice a week for imperfections.
  — Jonathan Mahler, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2018
• The carbon frame is designed to act like a shock absorber, deflecting up to 4mm to take the edge off imperfections in the road.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 May 2019
• For a show that’s ostensibly about joy and imperfection and gardens, there’s quite a bit of waste.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025