imperfectly
Example Sentences
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Stories of first times, of big feelings imperfectly grasped, of life coming into focus for better or worse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
If he had you, he could have imagined a version of himself slowly, imperfectly building a modest house made of money that — fingers crossed — would be complete by the time he retires.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
In Hecox, it may resolve the case on mootness grounds or reaffirm that intermediate scrutiny tolerates generalizations even when they imperfectly fit at the margins.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026
Producer Jack Antonoff has described making Sabrina Carpenter's Please, Please, Please with physical instruments, played imperfectly, as a reaction to the clinical nature of modern pop.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Mattie’s Ramble Inn looked like all the buildings on its block; it was low, unpainted, imperfectly vertical.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
