How to Use tune-up in a Sentence

tune-up

noun

• Cejudo, 36, didn't need a tune-up to go straight to the main event.
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 5 May 2023
• Black said Lambert, who walked in the winning run on Thursday, needs a tune-up.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 24 May 2024
• In the final tune-up game, the Mercury played nine different bench players and lost 90-71 to the Sparks.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
• This is the tune-up game for Oklahoma State the week after, and Dillingham will get his twos in the mix midway through the second half.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
• In case any of your rides need a tune-up, the garage is equipped with a restoration and maintenance facility.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
• The stakes go far beyond a paltry tune-up tournament in upstate New York.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
• Exactly the kind of tune-up game the Bengals will need facing a short week heading to Baltimore.
  — The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2023
• After this last tune-up, all 32 NFL teams have until Tuesday to cut down their rosters to 53 players.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
• No one in the Warriors’ playoff rotation played more than 23 minutes in a game that amounted more to a tune-up than anything.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2024
• When your paring knife needs a quick tune-up, grab this pint-size manual sharpener.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2023
• The Vietnamese lost two exhibition matches ahead of the tournament and fell 9-0 to Spain in a closed-door tune-up match in Auckland last Friday.
  — Anne M. Peterson, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
• Sarkisian says his focus is on the task at hand, a game that on paper appears to be a tune-up for next Saturday’s road test against No. 4 Alabama.
  — Corey Smith, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Each jab is like a tune-up for the immune system, prompting it to replenish its antibody supply.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
• The summer road trip season is about to begin, which means plenty of people are about to go get their tire pressure checked, their oil changed, and give their car a general tune-up.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2024
• Choosing to focus on the grass-court and hard-court portions of the season seemed to pay off, as Raducanu reached the semifinals at the Rothesay Open, a Wimbledon tune-up event, last week.
  — Jill Martin, CNN, 18 June 2024
• After that, another tune-up comes in a visit from Samford before things get real with a Week 4 trip to College Station.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 3 Sep. 2023
• The opening third, the non-conference portion with a number of holiday tournaments and tune-up games for the sport’s top-tier programs, is concluded.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
• Saturday’s match, against Ngannou, a novice, would serve mainly as an ostentatious tune-up.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• For less mechanical tune-ups, consider choosing a bike with a belt drive instead of a chain, internal gear hubs, tubeless or puncture-proof tires, and caliper brakes.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
• The Giants aim to get in the 70-80 pitch range again in his final tune-up Wednesday, the biggest difference being the setting — Dodger Stadium — and the competition, his own major-league teammates.
  — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• That involves changing filters, checking lubricant and hydraulic levels and topping off grease in the blade bearings, much like a tune-up on a car – except the motors and generators are 300 feet up.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
• In others, the new releases have been essentially tune-ups that added a few new features (like Ventura’s Stage Manager) without major changes elsewhere.
  — Edward Mendelson, PCMAG, 31 May 2023

Last Updated: 11 Aug 2024