Example Sentences

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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

Bungie said they were tweaking Peter Dinklage’s Ghost voicework even more after the beta, but I don’t notice a difference.

From Forbes • Sep. 8, 2014

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 Douglas, O.