How to Use tack in a Sentence

tack

1 of 2 verb
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  • She tacked a poster on the wall.
  • A message was tacked to the board.
  • We had to tack repeatedly as we sailed toward the harbor.
  • The Cubs tacked on four more runs against the Red Sox bullpen.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
  • Then a run play, with a 15-yard facemask tacked onto the end of the run.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Simply anchor it to the top of the pumpkin and tack it to the ceiling.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The Spartans got five sacks in the first half, then tacked on two more in the second half.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The lender will just tack on the amount to the end of the loan, which will mean a longer loan term and more interest.
    — Becca Stanek, The Week, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Zaslav, too, began to talk about the need for CNN to tack to the center.
    — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
  • This trip will tack on to the 275 days he’s already spent in orbit.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • For bonus points, tack on a bottle of fun sprinkles and a jar of hot fudge.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The Royals tacked on another run in the sixth and three more in the seventh.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
  • That allowed the judge to tack on another 25 years to life.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
  • For each guest, $315 should be tacked on for taxes and fees, the website reports.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • Charlotte tacked on two more runs in the top of the sixth, then its relief pitchers held DBU off the board for the rest of the contest.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
  • And the final room feels rushed, like a writer trying to tack an end to a story.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The Razorbacks tacked on two runs in the third inning, with all the action coming with two outs.
    — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Fox roared back into the lead by tacking more sharply to the right after Biden took office.
    — David Bauder, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Still, don't expect Outlander to merely tack on those last four episodes to the start of season 7.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 May 2023
  • The latter two options will take some time, and expect some fees to be tacked on for their trouble as well.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • However, taxes will be tacked on at checkout and the amount will depend on the show’s city, state and venue.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024
  • Also this week, diners in Italy were startled to find a $22 cake-cutting fee tacked on to their bill.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 18 Aug. 2023
  • He was convicted, and a judge tacked on seven years to his sentence.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 May 2023
  • The food here is so good you could be forgiven for thinking that this is a restaurant with a hotel tacked on.
    — Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Patterson Mill tacked on another midway through the first half and cruised to a 10-0 win.
    — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Elijah Mitchell tacked on a 3-yard touchdown run to seemingly ice the game with about three minutes to go.
    — Steve Almasy, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
  • So tack on a couple of hundred dollars and the extra hassle.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2024
  • That allowed Toyota to tack on higher finance charges to car loans, the agency said.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Nothing tacks on more appeal quite like adding objects in your home with a story.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The Patriots tacked on three insurance runs in the fifth inning.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
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tack

2 of 2 noun
  • Wear it anywhere from the park to the opera, and look as sharp as a tack.
    — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2023
  • There are tack rooms, feed rooms, and office space in the barns as well.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2023
  • One of the pieces of evidence was a note left in the tack room the night Jan vanished.
    — Kyani Reid, NBC News, 30 July 2023
  • The penalty was ticky-tack, and robbed the Eagles of having about 1:45 to tie or win the game.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Now square up the pieces of the frame and lightly tack-weld them together.
    — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Someone who deals with their feelings this way might take this tack in the future.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Oceanside stepped back from the 2021 plan as a result and took a different tack.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Glue carpet tack strips to the canvas stretchers, then hammer the strips onto the frame.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But some experts say the lack of fiery response so far could be a sign of China switching tack.
    — Brittyn Clennett, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Amazon’s tack — making people pay more to get rid of the ads — could anger consumers.
    — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The contrast demonstrates the differing tacks the two men are taking as the race grows more crowded.
    — Time, 6 June 2023
  • Sharp as a tack, and with a social conscience beyond her years, she seems destined to be head of state one day.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • This has been our tack with the Mexican government for years now.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Perfect for edges and giving natural hair tack with a silk press.
    — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Taking this tack is risky, said Louis Shapiro, a defense attorney not involved in the case.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Maps on the walls show the main front line along train tacks less than a mile to the west, as well as Russian advances from the north and south toward Ukrainian supply lines.
    — Susannah George and Serhii Korolchuk, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Wipe it down: To create a clean, dust-free surface, wipe the piece all over with a tack rag dampened with mineral spirits.
    — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Each song will be accompanied by an AR video, in which Tankian discusses the new music and listens along to the tack.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Brooks, still spry and sharp as a tack, accepted his honorary Oscar in person.
    — EW.com, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But for the first time in several cycles, Democrats are taking a much different tack.
    — Kendall Ross, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • There were however lots of questionable calls in the fourth quarter like holding calls or tick tack flags that could have been non calls.
    — Jenna Reyes, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2023
  • But Shanghai’s sway didn’t convince its fellow province to change tack.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Then they got caught in the political crossfire over climate policies, faced bans, and changed tack.
    — Peter Vanham, Fortune, 11 May 2023
  • Next door is a five-bedroom, three-bathroom staff house, which has a great room and a tack room, that’s designed as equestrian staff quarters.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The global cybercrime spree has prompted countries across the region to take a bolder tack.
    — Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Many show-goers took the opposite tack: wearing all of their brightest, boldest, most beloved prints at once.
    — Emily Farra, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Matched against British player Barbara Knapp, Gibson took an offensive tack from the start and never backed off.
    — Sally H. Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
  • For furniture-grade finishing, wipe the surface clean with a tack cloth (a sticky piece of cloth used to pick up dust; it’s sold in the paint aisle) before proceeding to the next grit.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Yet Vancouver was a model example for that new tack as well.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Each of the three competitors, Defense News points out, takes a different tack to meet Army requirements.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2020

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