tinker
Example Sentences
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And so, in March 1984, tinkering with the personal computer she had bought her children for Christmas, Cobb launched what she called “a support group through the mail.”
The Badgers made seven of 11 three-pointers on the way to building a 20-point lead midway through the first half as Cronin continually tinkered with his lineup, trying to find a winning combination.
From Los Angeles Times
Amorim tinkered his system once more to try and turn the tide, but his substitution of Casemiro left the Brazilian befuddled.
From Barron's
It is obliged, instead, to adopt what François Jacob, a French biologist, referred to in 1977 as a strategy of “tinkering.”
Waiting could pay off for people who want more in their paychecks instead of big refunds — but who don’t want to tinker with their withholdings.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
