ATTUNE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for ATTUNE, such as:

1. His ears are attuned to the noise of a big city.
2. Because your palate his not yet been attuned to the sublimity of the substances it flavors.

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 Meanings and Examples of ATTUNE
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attune
 v.  adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with
Classic Sentence:
1  It was as if the tones came from a church in the still forest; people looked thitherward, and felt their minds attuned most solemnly.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE BELL
2  Because your palate his not yet been attuned to the sublimity of the substances it flavors.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
3  I am no longer young; and my heart, through weary years of mourning over the dead, is not attuned to mirth.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  Descending from the koliaska with features attuned to deference, Chichikov inquired for the master of the house, and was at once ushered into his presence.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER II
Example Sentence:
1  His ears are attuned to the noise of a big city.