tinkerer

Example Sentences

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Ford thinks of himself primarily as a tinkerer and feels at home in a garage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

We don’t really talk about it, but it has a link to his father, and his father being a tinkerer of old cars and Robby needing a vacation, a hiatus of sorts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

He was a natural tinkerer with an orientation toward real-world problem solving.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

On the second night, he told more tales, and began linking his personal history to his current creative choices as a tinkerer and a fantasist.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

One wall was crowded with tacked-up plans and schematics; another was piled high with tinkerer junk; the bench TimeStar occupied was littered with snipped wires, and tools, and computer equipment.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles