How to Use hone in in a Sentence

hone in

verb

• The film will hone in on the dichotomy of fame — to be seen by all but known by none.
  — Emily Maskell, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2022
• Let big dreams happen, and then as an IT team, hone in on those ideas.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• This collection of works will enable her to hone in on a new path.
  — Essence, 8 Oct. 2024
• Therefore, Adams chooses to hone in on leisure, resilience and joy, rather than pain.
  — Maya Lora, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2023
• Use the weeks and months before your sailing to study deck plans and hone in on your favorite amenities.
  — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2024
• With their comeback, the members chose to hone in on their signature sound.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024
• One way to reduce your fear is to hone in on your specialized knowledge.
  — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Just really honing in and learning a lot of things behind the plate.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2024
• But investors quickly honed in on TJX’s outlook for the fourth quarter.
  — Denny Jacob, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2023
• The best place to start, however, is to hone in on your aspirations.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
• This is the time of year when gamblers begin to hone in on the upcoming football season.
  — Randy Kennedy | , al, 22 June 2023
• The trio will be able to hone in on their pitches for the next couple of months, with a decision on who gets the job expected in June.
  — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2024
• The trio will be able to hone in on their pitches for the next couple of months, with a decision on who gets the job expected in June.
  — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 25 June 2024
• Many of the new features hone in on Microsoft’s vision for the future of hybrid work.
  — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 21 Sep. 2022
• In this opening, the actor honed in on how pivotal family TV shows were in his life.
  — Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2024
• For her birthday in September 2020, the writer honed in on his creative side.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
• The best Spike Lee movies tend to have a strong focal point, often one of social commentary, for the director to hone in.
  — Elliott Smith, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2023
• Part of his barbed persona was honed in his home region, Ostrobothnia.
  — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• And Cabana recently made its grand halls the feature of its recent issue, honing in on all the grand details of the space.
  — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
• Babes follows suit by honing in on the bond between Glazer and Buteau, who have been friends since meeting in the New York comedy scene in the late 2000s.
  — Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
• That’s a testament to his ability to hone in on a recipe and guide it through different crop years and the evolution of the market.
  — Mrussell, oregonlive, 7 June 2023
• The primary technique that helped the team hone in on a date range was luminescence dating.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2024
• Seeing ‘starbursts’ more clearly This new image hones in on a region called N79 South, or S1.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
• To hone in even further, April is a great option, as crowds have waned, festivals are aplenty, and summer rains are still a few weeks off.
  — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2023
• In a fraction of a second, there’s a match – broccoli – and the computer hones in on the exact center of the plant, creating an on-the-fly chart of its placement.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 June 2023
• DeSantis has honed in on Iowa, including moving a sizable part of his staff to the state that hosts the first-in-the-nation caucuses.
  — Natasha Korecki, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• The trick lay in filtering out all the other galactic noise to hone in on the strands, which came through as a colorful tapestry.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2023
• Assistant coach Thomas Ford honed in on Glass and was able to secure his pledge on the heels of an official visit to Corvallis.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
• Liu, meanwhile, honed in on Moschino’s more romantic side, with lots of lace, puff sleeves, and girly embroideries; while Grand went straight for the slogans.
  — Irene Kim, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2023
• The pair swapped ideas between Los Angeles and Yorkshire, changing the order of things and honing in on specific life events.
  — Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024