Sentence examples for bid for perfection from inspiring English sources
"No one's perfect," was Gallaraga's artistic comment after his own bid for perfection was unfairly snatched away.
A trifle, when you bid for perfection!
Edwin Encarnacion nearly thwarted Verlander's bid for perfection in the fifth when he smashed a liner off the right-hander's arm.
Bruce had been the only Cincinnati base runner in Game 1, drawing a walk off Halladay to thwart his bid for perfection.
Brady's replacement, Matt Cassel, inherited a team that went 18-1 the previous season, its bid for perfection spoiled by the Giants in the Super Bowl.
His bid for perfection ended in the eighth when he walked Alonso on four straight pitches with two outs in the eighth.
There have been 23 perfect games in major league history, compared with 11 bids for perfection have been broken up with two outs in the ninth.
Ageing often brings with it crippling bids for perfection, rather than the spontaneous, judgment-free creativity of the young.
Leicester City striker Chris Wood has said he needs to strive for perfection in a bid to start more matches.
Only one item of note had emerged from the game's first eight innings: Shoemaker's bid at perfection and his subsequent settling for dominance.
