How to Use technique in a Sentence

technique

noun
Definition of techniquenext
Synonyms for techniquenext
  • I used a special technique to make the bread.
  • The players need to practice in order to improve their technique.
  • The ice-skaters will be judged on technique and creativity.
  • We learned some techniques for relieving stress.
  • From there, finish the length of your hair with a classic braid technique.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The effect is just cluttered, even more so in terms of showy technique.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The main step that requires a little more technique and time is the lemon curd filling.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2023
  • He’s spent the past four years learning the finer points of the position and honing his technique.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Not much research is involved, and the technique is highly low-stakes.
    — T. Dallas Smith, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Most everyone who saw it at the Paris Salon of 1865 despised it, for the subject or the technique or both.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2023
  • If scaled up in the coming years, biomass carbon removal and storage could be one of those techniques.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Using the crossfader and spinning the record backwards, a technique called breakbeat, creates a loop of the same sound, over and over.
    — Artur Galocha, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Our kicking coach, Ben Jones, played at Purdue and is still working with Quinn on technique and all that stuff.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2023
  • For a lesson in how to master the basic technique, The Tapping Solution has a good step-by-step guide.
    — Georgia Day, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Our favorite technique is also the simplest: steady deep breaths.
    — Vanessa Kroll Bennett, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • People who bit their nails seemed to benefit the most from the habit replacement technique.
    — Theresa Tamkins, NBC News, 20 July 2023
  • The most traditional kitchen technique for trimming asparagus is to hold the stalk in the middle and near the bottom end and snap it.
    — Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
  • How to Paint a Wall with Limewash Add richness, depth, and dimension to a room with this limewash wall paint technique.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s why so many pastry chefs and bakers favor this technique.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Next, the team used a technique called immunolabeling to find the light sensing opsin proteins within the skin.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The designer rose to the challenge, using by applying his printing technique to the thinnest glove leather.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Some of this year’s Showcase directors stand out for boldness of technique.
    — Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Given that Michael Phelps won 23 Olympic gold medals, Bowman had little reason to question his over-the-top techniques.
    — Paul Newberry, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • Others took the idea even further, suggesting ways to bring the technique into other recipes.
    — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The artists use etching and other techniques to craft pictures that contrast hard and seemingly soft forms.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • In the early 2000s, Flood developed a new painting technique in which lace fabric or doilies are soaked in paint and arranged on a canvas.
    — Robert Boyd, Chron, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The techniques the team used may be able to shed light on other, similar graves, where only partial remains have been found.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • Regardless of the technique, remember not to overwork the potatoes.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Finally, some techniques can remove the trigger that is causing the sickness.
    — Popular Science, 20 July 2023
  • Many discovered the hybrid model also comes with a unique set of challenges, and leaders have had to learn new techniques in this hybrid world.
    — Jenn Flynn, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024

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