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.
• 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

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024