picture-perfect

adjective

pic·​ture-perfect
: completely flawless : perfect
made a picture-perfect landing

Examples of picture-perfect in a Sentence

it was a picture-perfect day for a picnic—the sun was shining and a light breeze stirred the air
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Seeding Square Seed and Seedling Spacer Tool $30 at Amazon With this clever guide, planting picture-perfect rows of produce is as easy as matching colors and poking holes in soil. Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2025 The Olympic athlete married Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens (for the second time) during what appeared to be a picture-perfect destination ceremony in May 2023. Michelle Lee, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025 On Wednesday, in front of a picture-perfect backdrop on the roofdeck of a downtown skyscraper, members of the U11 Vancouver Angels girls hockey team were given the honor of officially announcing that Vancouver will be home to the league’s seventh team, starting play in the fall of 2025. Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 That didn’t work out well for the Ray, who didn’t run hard out of the box on the deep drive to center, as Trent Grisham, Volpe and Oswaldo Cabrera teamed up for a picture-perfect relay. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for picture-perfect

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of picture-perfect was in 1909

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“Picture-perfect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picture-perfect. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

picture-perfect

adjective
: completely flawless : perfect
made a picture-perfect landing
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