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

Example sentences :

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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