How do you use Tweak in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pinch or squeeze, plus the exact meaning.
Tweak in a sentence
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Tweak meaning
- To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch.
- To adjust slightly; to fine-tune.
- To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
Synonyms of Tweak
Using Tweak
- The main meaning on this page is: To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch. | To adjust slightly; to fine-tune. | To tease, to annoy; to get under the skin of (someone, typically so as to irritate them, or by extension to enamor, frighten, etc).
- Useful related words include: pinch, squeeze, fine-tune, force.
- In the example corpus, tweak often appears in combinations such as: to tweak, tweak the, tweak to.
Context around Tweak
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tweak
- In this selection, "tweak" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, minor, effective, tactical, followed and policy stand out and add context to how "tweak" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a minor tweak here or and a minor tweak there a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tweak" sits close to words such as adversary, bleed and compel, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tweak
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Give him a statistic and he will tweak it for political ends. (12 words)
Bit of a tactical tweak as a result of the second-half substitutions. (13 words)
He also used his own knowledge of 3D mathematics to help tweak the Calico shaders. (15 words)
However, the surprise factor was that they instead double downed on defending their yield curve control policy - instead of those anticipating that perhaps they may further tweak or abandon it altogether eventually. (32 words)
Another remote worker employed something called a : The gizmo, which can be found on Amazon and elsewhere, is designed to tweak your mouse just enough to keep the lights on. (30 words)
For these players, a simple and subtle visual tweak can do a great job of freshening up the visuals quite a bit, especially when it comes to indoor areas. (29 words)
But which settings should you tweak, and what kind of performance hit do the prettiest of settings give you? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Our promises largely mirrored Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s welfare schemes… a minor tweak here or a minor tweak there,” a party leader said.
All that remained in the legislation on food waste was a tweak to the existing commercial food waste mandate, which first went on the books in 2012.
And researchers can tweak the technologies to identify which designs might produce more purified water and less waste, consume less energy, and/or cost less.
Another remote worker employed something called a : The gizmo, which can be found on Amazon and elsewhere, is designed to tweak your mouse just enough to keep the lights on.
A simple but effective tweak, this mod shows all the leaders' respective deals at once, giving players an immediate overview of their opportunities.
Because the hackers could now reach into infected machines, they were able to tweak the malware as it travelled, to upgrade its powers.
Besides the pressure of ending their losing slump, Manila Chooks had to tweak their line-up earlier this year due to injuries.
Bit of a tactical tweak as a result of the second-half substitutions.
Bungie has also pushed out some new quality-of-life features in this patch for that will tweak the game's UI among many other things.
But which settings should you tweak, and what kind of performance hit do the prettiest of settings give you?
Clearly Parkinson felt we were taking a few too many chances, and a subtle tweak followed.
Despite this tweak, many fans would like Shadow of the Erdtree to focus more on epic duels again.
For sure, the stretched positioning has played a role, but the catalyst is as DB points out, speculation of BOJ tweak at the July meeting.
For these players, a simple and subtle visual tweak can do a great job of freshening up the visuals quite a bit, especially when it comes to indoor areas.
Give him a statistic and he will tweak it for political ends.
He also used his own knowledge of 3D mathematics to help tweak the Calico shaders.
However, short of taking out a loan for the brisket, I’ve had to tweak the ingredients a bit lately.
However, the surprise factor was that they instead double downed on defending their yield curve control policy - instead of those anticipating that perhaps they may further tweak or abandon it altogether eventually.
If anything else, this does not sound like someone who is compelled to tweak policy settings even in July.
If you’re concerned, you can always tweak the option once the transfer completes or simply turn off transfers entirely.
Common combinations with tweak
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to tweak 66×
- tweak the 45×
- tweak to 16×
- and tweak 15×
- can tweak 14×
- tweak it 8×
- tweak their 7×
- tweak its 7×
- tweak your 6×
- tactical tweak 6×