How to Use tinker in a Sentence

tinker

verb

• He was tinkering in the garage.
• And don't tinker with the redshirt rules.
  — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
• Phillips took the data home and tinkered.
  — Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
• The guys who get paid are building and tinkering with draft boards.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
• Hensley was tinkering with pumps and such when the phone rang.
  — Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 19 Dec. 2019
• Chris loved video games and tinkering on his moped, his brother said.
  — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
• The record didn’t gestate over years of tinkering with demos.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 6 July 2026
• This is not a system that needs tinkering.
  — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
• Congress is still tinkering with the tax.
  — Carrie Brandon Elliot, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
• And that means that there's a limited desire to tinker with too much.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• And with some tinkering, this could turn into a fun series.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
• Please fire the person who tinkered with something that was perfect and get with the times.
  — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
• Or if your hot flashes are unbearable, your provider might tinker with your dosage.
  — Bonnie Vengrow, Flow Space, 6 Feb. 2026
• So here are some thoughts from a guy who is happy to spend a whole weekend tinkering in his garage.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2020
• Some dads love to grill, some dads prefer to golf, and some dads enjoy tinkering with their cars.
  — Jamie Fischer, Parents, 20 June 2026
• In a game, players could tinker, start afresh, tweak a few variables, and run the model again.
  — Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
• Surrounding him were acolytes who tinkered with his outfit.
  — Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
• This isn’t the first time Schrader has tinkered with AI.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 19 May 2026
• But some of those who weathered economic storms stuck around to learn, tweak, and tinker their way to good hooch.
  — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• No tinkering necessary here — this costume is all set and ready for tool time.
  — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
• The two now sat side by side, tinkering with a phone and data card Espinoza bought.
  — Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
• Some will take umbrage about tinkering about with the Robin Hood mythos like that.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
• And this wouldn’t be the first time in recent memory that the districts have tinkered with start times.
  — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• Bard had spent years tinkering with his arm slots, to disastrous effect.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• The athletes can tinker and adjust the runners on training days.
  — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
• There will be a signing here and there over the coming weeks as teams tinker with the final spots on their rosters.
  — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 May 2026
• Races were improved, turns were made more obvious, and controls were tinkered with.
  — Matt Gardner, Forbes, 5 May 2023
• During the days, our time was occupied by tinkering with things.
  — Eric Barton, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2020
• Ragans refined his slider and tinkered with a two-seam fastball.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2024
• There’s no little demon out there tinkering with hot chocolate mugs.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026