How to Use in tune in a Sentence

in tune

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Definition of in tunenext
  • This kind of archaic dogma has no place in a modern-era church that is more in tune with humanity and its needs.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • The Moon is focusing on your social partnerships — which is right in tune with your status as the Twins of the zodiac.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
  • It’s meant to teach kids to grow more in tune with their body’s cues.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • At the concert, many fans moshed and banged their heads in tune to the music.
    — Sui-Lee Wee Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024
  • So, can the new voices sing in tune with the volume nob not on 11?
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Her tone is direct and in tune yet not over the top in terms of emotion.
    — Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The one where Shai Gilgeous-Alexander attempts to sing in tune.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 12 May 2024
  • Why does the brand feel in tune with your personal style?
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Oct. 2022
  • His thinking on this is right in tune with what Dr. King was talking about.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the Dolphins’ offense should be in tune to avenge last year’s loss.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The new head coach had to be in tune with an relateable the new era student-athlete.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Conti has also been able to get in tune with herself and her sense of style, too.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Getting in tune with your inner self is half the battle.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The cast and the writing are in tune with each other, and the visual language manages to catch the right tone to keep you on the edge of your seat.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The center section is much more in tune with the Shenandoah Valley.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The vines ripen grapes in tune with the season, not irrigation.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2024
  • His being so in tune with his surroundings had alerted me to do the same.
    — Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023
  • Create conditions in which the sales team can always stay in tune and earn more.
    — Roman Kumar Vyas, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • At the beginning, Musgraves is trying to make her feelings fit the song, still in tune and on beat.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Sawyer is the first to notice, because the imagination of a kid is always in tune with things that go bump in the night.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • It's also inspired Hewett to get in back in tune with her own love of history.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But being in tune with your feelings can have its downsides, too.
    — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Also adding to the work’s heft: The big bell, tuned two octaves below the bells overhead, seems less in tune with them than in tension.
    — Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The blue and white crockery showcased on this kitchen island stay in tune with the room's color scheme for a cohesive look.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In both lakes and rivers, catfish get in tune with spring migrations of baitfish like shad and herring.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2023
  • We’re spread thin, more connected, and therefore more in tune with more pain and subject to more judgment.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Pepper, Hogan’s steady companion of eight years, was in tune with Hogan's feelings.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
  • This is one way to check whether stringed instruments are in tune relative to each other.
    — Samuel Ernest, Longreads, 2 May 2023
  • This is one way to check whether stringed instruments are in tune relative to each other.
    — Samuel Ernest, Longreads, 2 May 2023
  • One is more in tune with plants, having grown up on a farm and enjoying gardening.
    — Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023

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