Mr. Bush's response was a perfect summation of the man we've seen in office so far: The Second Boomer President, a narcissist who can't see past himself.

She'd come to share his isolation; alone together was a perfect summation of their marriage.

In lighter moments, he'd reflected that this phrase was a perfect summation of his life since the spider-bite: an Elgub Iliad.

The psychiatric evaluation also offers a perfect summation of Didion's literary vision.

It is a perfect summation of Ms. Marin's success in treating a familiar tale without sentimentality but with affectionate insight.

Your article is a perfect summation of why I and many others will not be returning to your fold.

It seems like the perfect summation of our wasteful, high-priced, oblivious moment, an implicitly regal 21st-century equivalent of Cellini s gold saltcellar.

Wahlberg's expression - sadness, confusion, distance, emptiness - is the perfect summation of the movie: you want to look away, but you can't.

No matter how much is written in narratives like these, something always remains untold - some vital news, some final insight, some perfect summation.

The last line seems to me the perfect summation of the play.