How to Use attune in a Sentence

attune

verb
Definition of attunenext
Synonyms for attunenext
  • Our hearts will attune to each other, and to the drums.
    — Nadia Owusu, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2021
  • One way to start and attune to your child's cues is to ask questions.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Its goal is not to steal us away from life but to attune us to its pleasures.
    — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2020
  • And the Utah series was nicely attuned to West’s slug-it-out style.
    — Tim Kawakami, The Mercury News, 15 May 2017
  • Still, Massie is attuned to the complaints from the base about secret meetings.
    — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
  • That was the brief moment the party worked hard to attune itself to the national mood.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 5 May 2022
  • Both require you to be attuned to your audience and very quick on your feet.
    — Isiah Magsino, townandcountrymag.com, 11 Apr. 2023
  • This will be the perfect weekend to attune your home and garden with the delights of autumn.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The mother of three, attuned to the needs of the area’s children, identified other ways to support them.
    — Sara Lang, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Dad is patient, nurturing, attuned to the task at hand.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Ever attuned to potential scams from phonies and loons alike, our man had seen through it all.
    — Luke O'Neil, Esquire, 5 Jan. 2018
  • And there’s a lot of distros that are attuned to specific hobby needs, right?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Damage has been done to common sense, and Biden’s advisers are attuned to it.
    — Jeff Robbins, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Seligman is nonetheless attuned to the cast’s strengths and alert to moments that spotlight them.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Studies show that mothers with these brain changes are more attached and attuned to their infants.
    — Elizabeth Chang, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But new research suggests the rodents aren’t attuned solely to avian alarms.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2019
  • That’s because the human eye has very few receptors in the retina’s center that are attuned to the color blue.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Its 2024 selection is the event’s largest ever with much of it attuned to the theme of memories, times and reflections.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Over the course of 40 years of explorations across the Alaskan interior, Adams attuned his ears to the music of birds, of calving glaciers, and of frozen tundra.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2015
  • But the model shifted over time, as Voss tried to attune to the neighborhood’s preferences.
    — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Overcome secrets Two things can be true: Parents can be attuned to their children and still miss warning signs.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Some online reviewers called this out as a plus, because cats are attuned to sound and many love to hear running water.
    — goodhousekeeping.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • What happens over the next few weeks will reveal whether the board is indeed prepared for adversity and attuned to the right issues.
    — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
  • My midlife quest to attune more deeply to the rhythms of the natural world was starting to incur unexpected, but real, costs.
    — Lisa Richardson, Longreads, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Both angler and artist are always reading, attuned to details that others might gloss over.
    — Max Norman, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2024
  • But the legacy of Hitler and the Holocaust has also made Germany particularly attuned to the dangers of hate speech.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2018
  • As Black Friday and the last few weeks of 2023 approach, economists will be keenly attuned to what consumers are doing.
    — Ella Koeze, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Runarsson is attuned to the details of loss and recognizes the narrative power of these instances.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
  • With a willingness to make noise however terrifying and attune one’s ear to the beauty of it.
    — Sadia Hassan, Longreads, 13 July 2018
  • Mindfulness harnesses the social circuitry of the brain and enables you to attune to awareness in the present moment.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021

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