tinkerer

Example Sentences

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Ford thinks of himself primarily as a tinkerer and feels at home in a garage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

We don’t really talk about it, but it has a link to his father, and his father being a tinkerer of old cars and Robby needing a vacation, a hiatus of sorts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

He was a natural tinkerer with an orientation toward real-world problem solving.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

On the second night, he told more tales, and began linking his personal history to his current creative choices as a tinkerer and a fantasist.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

The family then moved back to Britain, where Mack grew up in Aberdeen, and became a scientist, a tinkerer, a great piano player, with a bit of a short attention span himself.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel