How to Use technique in a Sentence

technique

noun
  • I used a special technique to make the bread.
  • The players need to practice in order to improve their technique.
  • The ice-skaters will be judged on technique and creativity.
  • We learned some techniques for relieving stress.
  • Brown, a three-technique, played 60 snaps over the last three games.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
  • These are the types of technique miscues that can lead to flares.
    Markham Heid, Time, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Now, as with all year-round techniques, there is a prime-time to fish a wacky rig, and to me, that’s the post-spawn.
    Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 9 May 2024
  • What's the best technique to use when massaging the scalp?
    Esme Benjamin, Glamour, 25 June 2024
  • From there, finish the length of your hair with a classic braid technique.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The effect is just cluttered, even more so in terms of showy technique.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Maea taught herself to weave the palm fronds using a Samoan technique.
    Samanta Helou Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The main step that requires a little more technique and time is the lemon curd filling.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Young met with his QB trainers, scoured over last year’s tape, and worked on his technique.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
  • He’s spent the past four years learning the finer points of the position and honing his technique.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Not much research is involved, and the technique is highly low-stakes.
    T. Dallas Smith, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The ship appears to have been built using a Norse technique, in which the planks of the body are overlapped with one another.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Most everyone who saw it at the Paris Salon of 1865 despised it, for the subject or the technique or both.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2023
  • There's a bit of a refined technique to the application, too.
    Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 3 Jan. 2023
  • If scaled up in the coming years, biomass carbon removal and storage could be one of those techniques.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
  • For the sports fan, maybe a class with Steph Curry comprised of 17 lessons on drills, mental toughness, and technique.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Daggers was one of the first British agents to adopt social media as a sales and branding tool, a technique that’s been common in the US for years.
    Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
  • Using the crossfader and spinning the record backwards, a technique called breakbeat, creates a loop of the same sound, over and over.
    Artur Galocha, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Our kicking coach, Ben Jones, played at Purdue and is still working with Quinn on technique and all that stuff.
    Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2023
  • There are armchairs with quilting and piping that match the techniques used on the SUV’s seating surfaces.
    Brett Berk, Architectural Digest, 16 Aug. 2024
  • For a lesson in how to master the basic technique, The Tapping Solution has a good step-by-step guide.
    Georgia Day, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2024
  • What links the pictures is not subject matter but technique.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Sometimes a good shave is just as much about the preparation and technique in addition to using the right tools.
    Sabina Wizemann, Good Housekeeping, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Our favorite technique is also the simplest: steady deep breaths.
    Vanessa Kroll Bennett, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
  • For those concerned about wear and tear, know that Smartwool uses proprietary knitting techniques to make sure its socks are as durable as possible.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This new research proves that some societies in the area were stationary and practiced Neolithic techniques, such as farming, growing crops and raising animals.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024

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