How to Use resize in a Sentence

resize

verb
Definition of resizenext
  • Click and drag the pop-up window to move it, and drag in (or out) from its edges to resize it.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
  • In the new update, users will also be able to pin and resize widgets right on the home screen.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2020
  • First, not all of the passes were at the same distance, so scientists had to resize the images to match the scale.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2011
  • As is common practice, the image was resized to fit our specs.
    — Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • When the onscreen keyboard pops up, the area an app gets to draw in suddenly shrinks, and the app needs to resize itself.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The ability to resize the Windows 11 Start menu also has thousands of votes.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Press: This is the heavy-duty device that does the pushing and pulling required to resize cases and seat bullets.
    — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Print out flame templates and resize on a copier, scaling the images to fit your pumpkins.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
  • This man somehow made it across Second St. despite a brief stop to resize some windows.
    — Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • People can resize their widgets or change their locations on the screen.
    — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 24 June 2021
  • The majority of venues will resize following the World Cup to host a variety of events.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 18 Nov. 2022
  • There’s also an option to buy a set of hangers on a custom rod that can be resized to fit a variety of spaces.
    — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
  • It’s recommended to resize the window to fill the screen corners instead.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Print our skeletal hand template and arm template, and resize them on a copier, scaling the images to fit your pumpkins.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
  • The code seems to suggest users could completely resize windows freely on iPadOS.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 May 2022
  • The maker used the display to open a second terminal in i3, resize the windows, and split one. Enlarge / Displaying i3.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Users can open any number of virtual windows, resize and move them around in space, and combine them with a real-world Mac display.
    — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • American was going to have to do something to resize itself.
    — Ted Reed, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • In others, western blots, used by scientists to detect proteins, and images of stained cells appear to be flipped, stretched and resized, David writes.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Nevertheless, the couple got the ring resized after Scott proposed in August in Scotland, and now Deschanel is happy to wear it all the time.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Need to quickly resize a graphic for use across multiple platforms?
    — PCMAG, 23 Jan. 2023
  • New reports have popped up discussing the potential of a new iPad multitasking mode that could let users resize windows.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 May 2022
  • The app offers a variety of editing tools to rotate, layer, resize and animate projects.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • For example, the same 30-second commercial produced for linear TV may need to be resized and edited to 15 seconds to look great and perform well on streaming video.
    — Michelle Abdow, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Stage Manager gives iPad owners the ability to resize and arrange windows, as well as have those windows overlap.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 3 Aug. 2022
  • This helps users find apps that resize well, aren't letterboxed, and support both portrait and landscape orientations.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 26 July 2023
  • More modest use of the technology — to resize or sharpen an image, for instance, would be allowed with no disclosure.
    — David Klepper, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Separately, Microsoft has also tweaked the color picker and resize menu in the Paint app to better match Windows 11's design.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Instructions for iOS and android devices includes changing shoe color by pressing and holding on a flat surface, and pinching and scaling to resize.
    — Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • CorelDraw also has an autofit page feature to resize content quickly.
    — Ian Paul, PCWorld, 9 Mar. 2021

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