How to Use tinker in a Sentence

tinker

verb
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  • This isn’t the first time that Google’s tinkered around with the Pixel Watch’s feature set.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Jack tinkered with the motor with a flashlight in his mouth.
    — Melina Mara, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Hensley was tinkering with pumps and such when the phone rang.
    — Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 19 Dec. 2019
  • The guys who get paid are building and tinkering with draft boards.
    — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Evan says the Rangers have tinkered with Taveras’ stance, and the results are obvious.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • Afanasieff and Carey tinkered away with the music and lyrics until the summer of 1994.
    — Alex Heigl, PEOPLE.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Kids can tinker with the design of their plane and the height of the launcher to see how those factors impact the height and distance of the flight.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Nov. 2022
  • And this wouldn’t be the first time in recent memory that the districts have tinkered with start times.
    — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The two now sat side by side, tinkering with a phone and data card Espinoza bought.
    — Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
  • Or a do-it-yourselfer who’s always tinkering in the garage?
    — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The first wave of free agency is in the books, but the Detroit Lions aren't done tinkering with their roster.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The trad crowd, as well as those that like to test and tinker with different grain-weight heads, will be drawn to this new broadhead.
    — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2020
  • So here are some thoughts from a guy who is happy to spend a whole weekend tinkering in his garage.
    — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The athletes can tinker and adjust the runners on training days.
    — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Contrary to what Bruce Boudreau’s track record might suggest, the 64-year-old Wild coach doesn’t like tinkering with his lines.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2019
  • In 2006, the high court signaled that courts shouldn't tinker with an election at the last minute, an idea known as the Purcell principle.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Still, that move has been seen as inadequate by those who just want to be able to tinker with and fix their own machines.
    — WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022
  • To get there, this barebones F1 version that developers can tinker with will be the first place to start.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 22 Mar. 2021
  • One guy would be driving, one guy who had been on watch the night before would be napping, and the other would be tinkering.
    — Eric Barton, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Dallas will use more slide protection, something the Cowboys tinkered with in the past.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Smith played solid football, but the Colts tinkered with moving him to right guard in an effort to find an answer.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The Bengals have tinkered with the blocking game plan upfront by going with man vs. man blocking.
    — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • With a day off Monday, the Orioles can tinker with the order to avoid calling up another starter.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2022
  • In the meantime, he’s been tinkering with two generators and a tiller that were also damaged in the storm.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Taco Bell is also tinkering with its $10 Taco Lover’s Pass, which lets subscribers get a taco every day for a month.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Humans have certainly tinkered with the recipes of life before.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2020
  • Even with all the repertoire tinkering, his control gains have solidified his standing as one of the best prospect arms in the game.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2024
  • And even after boosters debut, agencies like the CDC might tinker with the playbooks for years or decades to get the scheduling just right.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 June 2021
  • Build the product, test it, tinker with it, repeat that process over and over again until the deadline hits, then let users work out the bugs that couldn’t be seen before the rollout.
    — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2020
  • The Education Department has spent time tinkering with the details in ways that have assuaged advocates for rural students – or some of them, at least.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024

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