How to Use tinker in a Sentence

tinker

verb

• He was tinkering in the garage.
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024