How to Use tweak in a Sentence

tweak

1 of 2 verb

• We just wanted to tweak his original idea a bit.
• My brother hates it when our grandmother tweaks his cheek.
• He tweaked his ankle playing soccer.
• It’s been a year since the last time the vaccines were tweaked.
  — Wire Services, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
• Adams wasn't a fan, and tweaked it to suit her tastes, Mitchell said.
  — Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2023
• The whole yacht can be tweaked to your liking, in fact.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2023
• The bill has been repeatedly tweaked and changed in the lead-up to a planned markup.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 27 July 2023
• Muldoon was here to opine, tweak, and savor, but not to boss.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Change the appearance of the icon on your smartphone or tweak the in-app colors.
  — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2022
• Not one note of that whole special has been touched, tweaked, nothing.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2023
• Find the ones that feel right (and avoid the ones that sound wrong) and tweak them to your specific family.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 28 June 2023
• Follow this handy guide to find the right type of ham, tweak your technique, and achieve the perfect result.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2024
• There has been talk of the government planning to tweak Italy’s tax rebate.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
• To achieve a bold, blue hue to French hydrangeas, try tweaking the soil with coffee grounds.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
• Coaches have tweaked the release on his shot and told him to get it off more quickly after the catch.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• That doesn’t mean that tweaking the tests won’t be necessary at some point in the future.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 11 Sep. 2023
• Taylor thought that Higgins would miss the rest of the game after Higgins tweaked his hamstring.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
• Chevy would tweak the design slightly in 1991 to ensure the car didn’t get stuck in the prior decade, but the sleek design holds up to this day.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2022
• Owners can further tweak the design with the Oceanco team, of course.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
• Keeping the relationship grounded is the key to being able to tweak the humor and to push it.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
• Men who tweak the truth, on the other hand, are often given passes.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023
• There’s no need to reinvent the wheel each time, just to tweak it occasionally.
  — April Rudin, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• But the company can tweak its own terms of service, which allows people to rent one DVD at a time, Spiller said.
  — Herb Scribner, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• The new season tweaks the formula in a few ways, some more welcome than others.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
• The narrow staircase stayed for its farmhouse charm, and Lisa tweaked the kitchen layout for better flow.
  — Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• The team may tweak the design of some of these systems depending on their analysis of Artemis 1.
  — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2022
• This seems like a nice middle ground between that and waiting for the videos to happen to you and then tweaking them afterward.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2023
• The ban will last every day from noon to 2 a.m. Cross-street traffic will still be allowed, and bus routes were tweaked to help riders reach the Gaslamp when the ban is in effect.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
• Such changes include adding hundreds more trackside detectors and tweaking how to respond to alerts from them.
  — Josh Funk, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
• Today, riders can set or tweak their preferences in the settings menu, customizing them based on time or location, according to the release.
  — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024

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tweak

2 of 2 noun

• Pick the genre on the left, make some tweaks on the right, and watch the pretty graphs in the center.
  — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
• The difference, of course, aside from the tweaks and updates, is the cast and the songs.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
• The new model is the result of more of a tweak than a redesign.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2023
• Small changes and tweaks were made over the years, with the biggest change announced in 2005.
  — Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2024
• The tweaks to school and college textbooks are just one part of it.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2023
• The kitchen isn’t afraid to give classics a good-natured tweak.
  — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2022
• And the criteria for the A-to-F letter grades are on the table for some tweaks.
  — Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2023
• This recipe is good and basic, no whiskey or other tweaks, and guests liked it.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
• This can easily be used for QR codes with just a few tweaks.
  — Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• There were a few tweaks and different versions along the way.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
• And chefs around the country have found similar tweaks.
  — Emily Heil, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
• The cozy recipe gets a spicy, flavorful tweak from red curry paste.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2023
• Despite these minor tweaks, the device still costs a hefty $1,799.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 26 July 2023
• That’s when a doctor may make a few tweaks in the medication plan.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024
• With just a few tweaks, a very effective AR-style weapon could still be legally sold.
  — James Bandler, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
• The Phone 2 maintains the same essential design language as the Phone 1, with a couple of tweaks.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 4 July 2023
• The government is going to make some tweaks to Italy’s tax credit.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
• Further tweaks were added in subsequent years to make sure everyone has a chance to try the beer.
  — Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• But then there were just a thousand little bitty tweaks.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
• Moving to a different channel for your router is an easy tweak to up your speed.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Josh Jung came with a late-term tweak in draft philosophy.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Ford will also make some small tweaks for the 2024 model year, such as removing a dummy charge port on the front.
  — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 24 Aug. 2023
• Many of these dishes can be made vegan with just a few simple tweaks.
  — Brittany Natale, Women's Health, 2 Aug. 2023
• The market, though, will probably question whether this is a one-off tweak or a sign of bigger changes to come, Heard on the Street's Jacky Wong writes.
  — Heard Editors, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2022
• But a third tweak to the credit could mean that more families will get more money back in their tax refund.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2024
• Those tweaks are made without disrupting the overall dress shoe look.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
• Or, the next time the Celtics find themselves in a rut, shaking things up by putting Williams back into the lineup could be an obvious tweak.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• With no tweaks to the consumption reactions, the industry can breathe easy for now.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 14 July 2023
• There was never an ending, just another tweak in the future.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
• Another tweak changed the order of the ingredients on the assembly line to minimize workers bending over and straining their backs.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024