Example Sentences

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Sagui Dekel-Chen was tinkering in the kibbutz machine shop when he saw the armed intruders and raced to a rooftop for a better look.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

The first electric ground-source heat pump is credited to American inventor Robert C. Webber, who was tinkering with a deep freezer in his cellar in the late 1940s when he realized it produced scalding water.

From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2022

Nearby, a group of local villagers was tinkering with a captured T-90 tank, trying to get it running again so that the Ukrainian Army might put it to use.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2022

Throughout his life, Mr. Morey was tinkering in his workshop, developing new surf equipment, including a surfboard that could fold into a suitcase.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2021

Behind him at the helm, a burly bearded guy in a mechanic’s uniform was tinkering with the controls, furiously trying to keep the ship aloft.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan