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Example sentences from the Web for tuningAlthough polls now show Schwartz trailing, she insists there is still time and that people are just now tuning in. How the Left Cut Down a Democratic Frontrunner|David Freedlander|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Devotees across the country are tuning in each way to check the rose distribution against their carefully crafted brackets. Fans of ‘The Bachelor’ Embrace Brackets, Bookies, and Buy-ins in Online Betting Pools|Nina Strochlic|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST When a horror series is not horrifying, the suspense that keeps you tuning in is gone. NBC’s ‘Dracula’ Sure Is Sexy, But It Isn’t Scary|Kevin Fallon|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST Erin Cunningham on why you should still be tuning in to Dick Wolf's addictive procedural. 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's' Wild and Crazy 15th Season Premiere|Erin Cunningham|September 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
No one is tuning in to find out if Norma will die, or if Norman will kill her. ‘Bates Motel’ Debate: Sex Scenes, Mother Issues & Implausible Twists|Jace Lacob, Anna Klassen|April 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST The tuning of a harp immediately before playing is sometimes a very tedious business. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners|Eliza Leslie More often, however, they break from being rusty at the point where they pass over the bridge or around the tuning pin. Piano Tuning|J. Cree Fischer It appears to me like an orchestra that never got further than the tuning of the instruments! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I.(of II)|Charles James Lever As a matter of fact a tuning fork is simply a steel bar bent in the middle so that the two ends are parallel. The Radio Amateur's Hand Book|A. Frederick Collins Jake bowed his ready acquiescence to the request and kept right on tuning up. The Girl of the Golden West|David Belasco
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noun musica set of pitches to which the open strings of a guitar, violin, etc, are tunedthe normal tuning on a violin is G, D, A, E the accurate pitching of notes and intervals by a choir, orchestra, etc; intonation Words nearby tuningtunica submucosa, tunicate, tunica vaginalis testis, tunica vasculosa, tunicle, tuning, tuning fork, tuning head, tuning key, tuning pipe, Tunis Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tuningaccommodate, adapt, adjust, attune, conform, coordinate, dial, fix, harmonize, integrate, modulate, pitch, proportion, reconcile, regulate, set, string, tighten |