Example Sentences

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Mr. Zhu said he was tuning out the criticism.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

“The way I think about it, it’s one of these knobs that evolution was tuning to give hummingbirds this adaptation of hovering flight,” Hiller says.

From Scientific American • Feb. 24, 2023

During both goal celebrations, he gestured with his hands over his ears in an apparent attempt to say he was tuning out the controversy.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023

He was tuning out the “negative,” he said, and basing his vote on the “non-negotiables.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022

What nobody was tuning into was that there’s a big difference between keeping myself occupied and actually taking care of myself. passed.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick