tweak
verb (used with object)
to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist.
were tweaking
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past progressiveof tweak.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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PhD student James Metcalf, 24, said the experts were tweaking the telescopes to follow the passage of the Sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
They were tweaking a scene in which Bilott first tells his wife about DuPont’s dumping drums full of toxic sludge into the Ohio River and the Chesapeake Bay which soon began to wash up onshore.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
We were tweaking the whole industry and any industry we saw coming.
From The Verge ● Apr. 2, 2015
They showed me gears the size of cars and robotic arms they were tweaking, adapting, to allow them to do faster and more precise work.
From Forbes ● Jul. 30, 2014
Through the trees the sunset sky was pale green melting into rose-colour, and the wicked little gnomes that twilight brings were tweaking the child's hair and jeering at her misfortunes.
From Olivia in India by O. Douglas
