attune
verb (used with object)
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust.
has attuned
-
present perfectof attune (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Fennessey’s job has attuned him to “people’s emotional fear of having their favorite thing ruined for them,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
We’re not even at the prison yet, and already Bresson has attuned viewers to subtleties of space and sound.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2020
P-22 has attuned the people of Los Angeles to the unsustainable predicament of their lions.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017
How doubly potent falls thy witching influence on him whose spirit passion has attuned to all the harmonies of earth, and made but too susceptible!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various
The man who has attuned himself to the moods and impulses of lyric poetry is a safe man in action.
From Literature for Children by Orton Lowe
