How to Use tweak in a Sentence

tweak

1 of 2 verb
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  • We just wanted to tweak his original idea a bit.
  • My brother hates it when our grandmother tweaks his cheek.
  • He tweaked his ankle playing soccer.
  • It’s been a year since the last time the vaccines were tweaked.
    — Wire Services, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Adams wasn't a fan, and tweaked it to suit her tastes, Mitchell said.
    — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The whole yacht can be tweaked to your liking, in fact.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The bill has been repeatedly tweaked and changed in the lead-up to a planned markup.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 27 July 2023
  • Muldoon was here to opine, tweak, and savor, but not to boss.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Change the appearance of the icon on your smartphone or tweak the in-app colors.
    — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Not one note of that whole special has been touched, tweaked, nothing.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Find the ones that feel right (and avoid the ones that sound wrong) and tweak them to your specific family.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 28 June 2023
  • Follow this handy guide to find the right type of ham, tweak your technique, and achieve the perfect result.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2024
  • There has been talk of the government planning to tweak Italy’s tax rebate.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • To achieve a bold, blue hue to French hydrangeas, try tweaking the soil with coffee grounds.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Coaches have tweaked the release on his shot and told him to get it off more quickly after the catch.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • That doesn’t mean that tweaking the tests won’t be necessary at some point in the future.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Taylor thought that Higgins would miss the rest of the game after Higgins tweaked his hamstring.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Chevy would tweak the design slightly in 1991 to ensure the car didn’t get stuck in the prior decade, but the sleek design holds up to this day.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Owners can further tweak the design with the Oceanco team, of course.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Keeping the relationship grounded is the key to being able to tweak the humor and to push it.
    — Caroline Brew, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Men who tweak the truth, on the other hand, are often given passes.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023
  • There’s no need to reinvent the wheel each time, just to tweak it occasionally.
    — April Rudin, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • But the company can tweak its own terms of service, which allows people to rent one DVD at a time, Spiller said.
    — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The new season tweaks the formula in a few ways, some more welcome than others.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The narrow staircase stayed for its farmhouse charm, and Lisa tweaked the kitchen layout for better flow.
    — Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The team may tweak the design of some of these systems depending on their analysis of Artemis 1.
    — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2022
  • This seems like a nice middle ground between that and waiting for the videos to happen to you and then tweaking them afterward.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The ban will last every day from noon to 2 a.m. Cross-street traffic will still be allowed, and bus routes were tweaked to help riders reach the Gaslamp when the ban is in effect.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
  • The war in Ukraine will rumble on exactly as if the language on the war had not been tweaked to favor the Russian position.
    — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2023
  • If the dose of your prescription needs to be tweaked, don’t be discouraged—the process often takes some trial and error.
    — Kayla Blanton, SELF, 19 Mar. 2024
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tweak

2 of 2 noun
  • Pick the genre on the left, make some tweaks on the right, and watch the pretty graphs in the center.
    — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The difference, of course, aside from the tweaks and updates, is the cast and the songs.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The new model is the result of more of a tweak than a redesign.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Small changes and tweaks were made over the years, with the biggest change announced in 2005.
    — Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The tweaks to school and college textbooks are just one part of it.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The kitchen isn’t afraid to give classics a good-natured tweak.
    — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
  • And the criteria for the A-to-F letter grades are on the table for some tweaks.
    — Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2023
  • This recipe is good and basic, no whiskey or other tweaks, and guests liked it.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
  • This can easily be used for QR codes with just a few tweaks.
    — Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • There were a few tweaks and different versions along the way.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • And chefs around the country have found similar tweaks.
    — Emily Heil, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
  • The cozy recipe gets a spicy, flavorful tweak from red curry paste.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2023
  • Despite these minor tweaks, the device still costs a hefty $1,799.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 26 July 2023
  • That’s when a doctor may make a few tweaks in the medication plan.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
  • With just a few tweaks, a very effective AR-style weapon could still be legally sold.
    — James Bandler, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The Phone 2 maintains the same essential design language as the Phone 1, with a couple of tweaks.
    — Jon Porter, The Verge, 4 July 2023
  • The government is going to make some tweaks to Italy’s tax credit.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Further tweaks were added in subsequent years to make sure everyone has a chance to try the beer.
    — Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But then there were just a thousand little bitty tweaks.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Moving to a different channel for your router is an easy tweak to up your speed.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Josh Jung came with a late-term tweak in draft philosophy.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Ford will also make some small tweaks for the 2024 model year, such as removing a dummy charge port on the front.
    — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Many of these dishes can be made vegan with just a few simple tweaks.
    — Brittany Natale, Women's Health, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The market, though, will probably question whether this is a one-off tweak or a sign of bigger changes to come, Heard on the Street's Jacky Wong writes.
    — Heard Editors, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But a third tweak to the credit could mean that more families will get more money back in their tax refund.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Those tweaks are made without disrupting the overall dress shoe look.
    — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Or, the next time the Celtics find themselves in a rut, shaking things up by putting Williams back into the lineup could be an obvious tweak.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
  • With no tweaks to the consumption reactions, the industry can breathe easy for now.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 July 2023
  • Spike is weighed weekly, and his stats are sent to the zoo’s nutrition department for any dietary tweaks.
    — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Don't bet on easily getting your money back now -- even with word of a few possible tweaks in the rules.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2023

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