How to Use tweet in a Sentence

tweet

1 of 2 noun
  • See the reactions to the Halsey and Jogia photos in the tweets below.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The video shown in the tweet is from the Borough Park collapse site, not Crown Heights, which is some four miles away.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
  • In a later tweet, Musk claimed James was one of those accounts.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
  • See Cube’s tweet and the props from his son and fellow hip-hop icons below.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The tweet illustration shows white cleats, but not sure about that one.
    Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • That’s the part of what Miley (in her tweet) did that is very interesting.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • He’s known to fire off a vicious tweet (or whatever they’re called in the land of X) to call out the fearmongers.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Within minutes, the tweet amassed more than 700 views, by Twitter’s count.
    Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The attacker posted a tweet that warned users about a fake exploit.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2024
  • See Badu’s tweet and the Cowboy Carter cover art below.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2024
  • His last tweet was sent when his oxygen level was down to thirty-one.
    Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The tweet raised government hackles and the BBC briefly suspended him.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Now, a single tweet from Kelce could have Swifties swapping out their helmets for hoops.
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Right now, the only details available on the Neuralink surgery come from a single Musk tweet.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Residents should avoid Galen Street and Maple Street while public safety workers work to put out the fire, the town wrote in a tweet.
    Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • Palmer has since deleted the tweet, and explained that the topic may have been too nuanced to express on Twitter.
    Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • That’s just part of the narrative of trying to marshal his forces and make public his claim that the election was stolen, which is the same as all his tweets.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Our kids aren’t likely to think much of that figure, but Biden’s rapid response team did and shouted Haley out in a tweet.
    Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In a series of tweets Wednesday, the company said the bot could now draw on more up-to-date information.
    Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Some of Glanville’s other prior tweets are also quoted in the lawsuit.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In a tweet Roger Ebert once likened the the 140-character blog to poetry due to its necessary brevity.
    Alex Cranz, The Verge, 30 July 2023
  • However, x-rays were negative, the team said in a follow-up tweet.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The group said in a tweet that the yacht belongs to Nancy Walton Laurie, billionaire heiress of Walmart.
    Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
  • Warner replied to Logan’s tweet with a broken heart emoji.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2024
  • After her initial response, Pink then sent a tweet making her stance on aging clear once and for all.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • But Musk’s antics, his disregard for rules and his gloom-and-doom tweets are frustrating.
    Trisha Thadani, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • In tweets Thursday, Buteau and co-star Garcelle Beauvais acknowledged the show for seemingly the first time.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Power to traffic lights was restored around 5:30 p.m., said Newton police in a tweet.
    Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The user said in another tweet that the photo came after the scoreboard read a trivia question about where Hitler was born.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Ellison later put out a tweet explaining what was in the balance sheet.
    WSJ, 30 Oct. 2023
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2 of 2 verb
  • The league tweeted that on the day the Deauville was demolished.
    Conor Devlin, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2023
  • She’s got the power to tweet, and reach every ear, in the palm of her hands.
    Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2024
  • People still have the option to tweet or retweet posts.
    WIRED, 29 July 2023
  • Page Six notes that Phillips loves to tweet about cats, so there’s your opener right there.
    Vulture, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Sheen tweeted at the time of his granddaughter's birth.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • One fine day, Elon Musk tweeted a word on Twitter: Doge.
    Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The trooper and the driver were taken to Shock Trauma after the crash in Parkville at about 9:43 p.m., the agency tweeted.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The weather service tweeted earlier in the day that Phoenix had a roughly 40% chance of rain.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
  • At the time, the actor made his Eagles support apparent by tweeting a gif of the team's past wins.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Cohen tweeted on March 3 after news of the affair broke.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
  • After the mother-son duo shared a sweet moment during the draft, some fans tweeted about her looks.
    Hayley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The building does not have sprinklers on this floor, the department tweeted.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Please note, this isn’t an argument against these people being able to speak their mind, or to tweet what’s on it.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Those who bought into it also would have received half as many ads, and would be able to tweet long videos and audio.
    Jessica Schladebeck, Hartford Courant, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Berry writes for a number of publications and tweets @BerryFLW.
    Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Nearly 90 minutes after the first alert, the university tweeted no threat had been found and gave an all-clear.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Musk didn't tweet (or X or whatever the hell it's called now) support for the James family the way a civilized person would.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • The Beach Boys songwriter was one of the first musicians to tweet a tribute to Bacharach after his death was announced on Thursday.
    David Bauder, ajc, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Minaj giggles after the line, and later tweeted photos of her feet.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Last week, Musk tweeted that Neuralink had implanted a device in a human patient for the first time.
    Sarah McBride, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Nathan Followill, the drummer for Nashville area rock group Kings of Leon, tweeted that the shooting happened near his own son’s school.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Other Browns got in on the act, tweeting the same things themselves after their 24-3 victory.
    cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Musk had tweeted in 2018 that unionized workers would lose stock options.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Trotter tweeted this week that his contract was not renewed.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The Indian Consulate tweeted saying it was involved in the case and working to repatriate the body to India.
    Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Johnson, who wants a sequel to his $195-million passion project, was happy to tweet the Deadline story to his fans.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Wood was tweeting a lot from Tomotley during this time.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz tweeted a video of the 150-year-old tree, which appears to be badly burned, but still standing.
    Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Twitter account — received the error message when attempting to tweet more than once in at least an hour.
    J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2023
  • At the time, a photograph, tweeted by Ruiz, showed the twins and their parents at Ruiz’s home prior to their commitment to the university.
    Ashan Singh, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2023

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