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Synonyms for attune
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uh-toon, uh-tyoon |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈtun, əˈtyun |
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Définition of attune
Origin :- 1590s, from tune (v.), "probably suggested by ATONE" [OED]. Related: Attuned; attuning.
- verb adjust
- But there is nothing to which humanity cannot attune itself.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope
- I wanted that the angels that had ministered to my spirit should attune theirs also.
- Extract from : « Ole Bull » by Sara C. Bull
- It is wonderful, indeed, to see how humanity can attune itself to a situation.
- Extract from : « Sketches In The House (1893) » by T. P. O'Connor
- Nature brooks no delay, and the disharmonic organism must attune itself or perish.
- Extract from : « The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy » by Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
- Leaning back against the rock wall, Blachland began to attune himself to the situation.
- Extract from : « The Triumph of Hilary Blachland » by Bertram Mitford
- It is because we can hear ourselves speak that we attune our voices to pleasant sounds.
- Extract from : « Janice Day » by Helen Beecher Long
- But may neither gold in my house be be my lot, nor to attune the strain more sweet than Orpheus, if my fortune be not conspicuous.
- Extract from : « The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. » by Euripides
- The war was over; she had lost her cause; and with her life all out of attune with her surroundings she must face the inevitable.
- Extract from : « Joscelyn Cheshire » by Sara Beaumont Kennedy
- Up there a man might attune himself to the message of the stars—might weigh duty against duty in the balance of the infinite.
- Extract from : « Swirling Waters » by Max Rittenberg
- When I was alone I examined the walls, the furniture, the general aspect of the room, in order to attune my mind to it.
- Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 9 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
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