attune
verb (used with object)
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust.
have attuned
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present perfectof attune.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The atomic and hydrogen bombs." says Charles Rhyne, "have attuned the people of the world to an overwhelming desire for peace, which is probably stronger than any such desire in all history.
From Time Magazine Archive
I intend to amuse myself on the Ivernia during the crossing constructing a new smaller and more compact instrument, combining with it one of the receivers which you have attuned to your wireless.
From L.P.M. : the end of the Great War by J. Stewart (John Stewart) Barney
I have attuned my mind to each of yours in order to give you a message from the United Galaxian Societies.
From The Galaxy Primes by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
If thou hadst spent all that is in the earth thou couldst not have attuned their hearts, but Allah hath attuned them.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
The experience of the still center of being brings freedom, self-control, balance and power to those who have attuned their lives to it.
From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Mark Eliot Laxer
