tinkerer

Example Sentences

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His father worked at a spice importer and was a committed tinkerer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 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

He described Rush as a tinkerer who tried to make do with what was available to carry out the dives, but in hindsight, he said, “it was a bit dubious.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

Since Isaac often went with Jefferson when he hunted squirrels and partridge, or visited him in Monticello’s library and workrooms, he saw glimpses of Jefferson as the gentleman farmer and tinkerer.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis