attuned; attuning; attunes
1
: to bring into harmony : tune
2
: to make aware or responsive
attune businesses to changing trends
Examples of attune in a Sentence
after years spent in academia, he's finding it difficult to attune himself to the corporate culture
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In the 2010s, having an affinity for Lil B was almost like membership in a secret society of listeners whose ears were attuned to the same oddball frequency.
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
And that, in turn, takes a capacity for subjective awareness, an ability to attune yourself to the flow of events.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
The production design by Annie Beauchamp (Top of the Lake, On Becoming a God in Central Florida) is both recognizably grounded and subtly weird, and the camerawork of Lol Crawley (The Brutalist) is attuned to the liminal disconnect as well as the saturated palette.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
In praise of writing stories attuned to the details of everyday life.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
And that, in turn, takes a capacity for subjective awareness, an ability to attune yourself to the flow of events.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
The production design by Annie Beauchamp (Top of the Lake, On Becoming a God in Central Florida) is both recognizably grounded and subtly weird, and the camerawork of Lol Crawley (The Brutalist) is attuned to the liminal disconnect as well as the saturated palette.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026
In praise of writing stories attuned to the details of everyday life.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Attune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attune. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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