Sentence examples for perf from inspiring English sources

The word "perf" is not a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use the words "perfect" or "perfectly" when you want to describe something as having reached a high level of excellence. Example sentence: She sang the song perfectly, her artistry was truly perf.

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The self-taught composers tended to effect a more self-consciously nationalistic style than the conservatory-bred Tchaikovsky, and among their most important works were operas such as Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov (final version first performed 1874) and Borodin's Prince Igor (first perf. 1890), along with Rimsky-Korsakov's symphony Scheherazade (first perf. 1888).

His single completed opera, Pelléas et Mélisande (1st perf. 1902), demonstrates how the Wagnerian technique could be adapted to portray subjects like the dreamy nightmarish figures of this opera who were doomed to self-destruction.

The comedies Totenham Court (perf. 1633) and The Bride (perf. 1638) met with some success, but his tragedy The Unfortunate Mother (1640) did not find a company to act it.

Debussy's spontaneity and the sensitive nature of his perception facilitated his acute insight into the child mind, an insight noticeable particularly in Children's Corner, a French counterpart to Mussorgsky's song cycle The Nursery; in the Douze Préludes, 2 books (1910, 1913; "Twelve Preludes"), for piano; and in the ballet La Boîte à joujoux (1st perf. 1919; The Box of Toys).

Arrabal's most important play of this early period is probably Le Cimetière des voitures (1st perf. 1966; Automobile Graveyard), a parody of the Christ story.

After getting PERF at 9 Down, I confidently filled in FAIRIES at 20 Across, thinking that they were somewhat like pixies.

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The upscale Laramie has a similar "hex-perf" grille, in chrome.

Then there are two versions of "billet-perf" on the Big Horn and Sport.

It dramatizes the history of performance poetry -- "perf-po," in Sanders-speak -- in three vignettes set in an imaginary building in the East Village.

"That means the sand is hitting the perfs," Rankin said.

@guardianstage Desire under elms: Yee ha! Creaky play, pretty unbelievable, but stomping music, natty sliding set & gd perfs from all.

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