How to Use alter in a Sentence
alter
verb- I'll need to have the dress altered before the wedding.
- This one small event altered the course of history.
- He altered his will to leave everything to his sister.
- Alcohol can alter a person's mood.
- The place has altered in the 10 years since I left.
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Even the tiniest changes in how a cheese is handled can alter its microbiome, and thus the cheese itself, cheesemakers say.
— Ute Eberle, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022 -
But Orange’s two newest members offered the most startling contrasts and both, in different ways, alter the make-up of the eight-women board.
— Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022 -
And in time, these new crops, and new farmers, have the power to alter the identity of a state that has for generations defined itself by its land and land stewardship.
— Zoeann Murphy, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022 -
The events of last week suggest that the most direct kind of challenge to the electoral system—a pressure campaign to alter results—requires very specific conditions.
— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2022 -
However, there is no indication that either side appears willing to alter their position since talks broke down over the summer, despite Sinwar’s death.
— Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024 -
For the Miami Heat, only a change in the math will alter a season that again has Erik Spoelstra’s team two games below .500.
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2022 -
But the new proposal — in all of its 241 pages of detail — would alter the way solar customers are compensated for the excess electricity their systems send back to the grid.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022 -
De’Aaron Fox’s plans for the All-Star break have been altered.
— Jason Jones, sacbee, 14 Feb. 2018 -
On the ground, flakes alter every day, with the air, wind, and sun.
— Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019 -
The acidic vinegar alters the color as the egg sits in the dye.
— Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2023 -
Not a word can be changed, cut, added, not a scene can be altered.
— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2023 -
The scheme changes and the vision for each player gets altered.
— Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2019 -
The club have not altered his release clause in any way.
— SI.com, 29 June 2018 -
Maybe the next great coach looms to alter a program’s course.
— Alan Blinder, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2021 -
All this could be altered by a flick of a switch from Labour’s Corbyn.
— Henry Porter, The Hive, 13 July 2017 -
All these new dams could do far more than alter the flow of streams.
— Sharon Levy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2022 -
But one bad start won’t alter the Rangers’ desire to keep Darvish long-term.
— Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 4 July 2017 -
That none of us should have the right to change or alter history in any way.
— Nbc Universal, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024 -
The wind tunnel and the freefalls didn’t alter their performance.
— Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 7 Nov. 2022 -
But this year’s could alter what thousands of students learn and who will teach them in the years to come.
— oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2023 -
That did not alter the nature of her job, or her approach to it.
— Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 June 2021 -
Genie+’s launch, though Disney may alter this list in the future.
— Katie Rice, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2021 -
But rain isn't the only thing that alters the earth beneath roads.
— Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2020 -
Two key facts that drive life on Earth are altered in orbit.
— Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 2 Nov. 2019 -
Other changes to lore weaken the story almost as badly, such as bringing in characters like Tom Bombadil and fundamentally altering their very nature.
— Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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