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attune

[uh-toon, uh-tyoon] / əˈtun, əˈtjun /


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In session, I attune to you, reflect and interpret.

From Seattle Times Nov. 13, 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

The audience sat in bleachers for the opening spectacle of immigrant Arrivals coming to Sweet Land, greeted and fed by native Hosts attempting to attune the newcomers to the spiritual needs of nature.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2020

He ceased; and then gan all the quire of birds Their divers notes to attune unto his lay, As in approvance of his pleasing wordes.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin

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

But the incident my canto Now attunes to hum’rous mention, Had its birth one fair October, Eighteen hundred eight and thirty.

From The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. by Eugenia Dunlap Potts

They are more attuned to financial and other feasibilities, which gives them a clearer road map to success.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

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

In 2010, scholars were becoming attuned to something known as the “invisible primary.”

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

And I was somehow attuned to it all, could feel it physically.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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

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

The Buddha suggests that we work with the fundamental dissatisfaction we feel by releasing craving, and attuning to the sensory richness of the present moment.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2024

It was merely valuable as an introduction to be used in attuning the mind and heart to an understanding of great truth.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Elbert Hubbard




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