attune

With Raymond, there was no need to explain certain things — the way we both attune to vibration, body language, visual cues, timing and space was already part of our lived experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

But if you attune yourself to the rhythms of his sentences, you’ll find that something divine and delicate will emerge.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023

The more the community is represented in meetings, and in discussions in general, Barlet feels, the more attune the whole group is to its needs.

From The Verge ● Jul. 15, 2022

I am learning to attune my senses to subtleties.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2021

I know of nothing, except to take hold of the delicate ribbons of a street hack; while you must attune your musical ear to the tinkle of a sewing-machine, or the creaking of a mangle.

From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid

But as the book went on I realized it wasn’t really written for readers like me, but rather for those whose culture attunes them to the idea that death is a porous border.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

“Escape from Alcatraz,” like “A Man Escaped,” opens with a period title card and the arrival of a prisoner, and it quickly attunes viewers to the sound of footsteps and shackles.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2020

Understanding, anticipating, and responding to change is at the heart of science fiction—envisioning ourselves amid the strange and the fantastic attunes us to the unexpected and helps us chart a course to a better future.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2020

Before long, the algorithm can detect a “p” sound across multiple languages, and exposure to those languages further attunes its senses.

From Time ● Mar. 24, 2015

The memory of that scene attunes my soul to song, awaking any muse from the silence in which she has long slumbered.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid

Rather, it is about becoming attuned to their characteristics and developing a gut feeling.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

At the same time, he remains attuned to the political calendar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

But that’s not necessarily the best value—it’s in companies trading on local exchanges and more attuned to the country’s growth drivers, along with some multinational technology companies.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

It is disproportionately female, politically diverse within a broadly liberal frame and deeply attuned to questions of character and intent.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

He thought about why this kid would have a fear of fire, and why Hazel would be so attuned to those feelings.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

For centuries the finest medical minds harped on attuning a balance among the four humors—sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic—in tender young constitutions by adjusting the proportions of hot-cold and moist-dry elements in the diet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Goodman is credited with attuning it to New Age sensibilities and turning astrology from a niche interest into a pop-culture juggernaut.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

My attention span is so bad lately that it really is just me closing my eyes and composing emails that I’ll forget to send rather than attuning to some higher power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

She was an artist not just adept at expressing her own vulnerabilities, but attuning to those of her listeners.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2025

During the same season you frequently hear him attuning his harsh sharp voice to its softest note of endearment, a long-drawn and modulated variation of his cackle.

From In New England Fields and Woods by Rowland E. (Evans) Robinson