TUNE in a Sentence

Learn TUNE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
145 example sentences for TUNE, such as:
1. He played a tune on the violin.
2. None of them could sing in tune.
3. She calls the tune in their house.
4. A dance tune was put on the machine.
5. The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of TUNE
tune
 n.  the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
 n.  the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
Classic Sentence: (111 in 8 pages)
1  Many years ago, when I was a little pig, my mother and the other sows used to sing an old song of which they knew only the tune and the first three words.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
2  I had known that tune in my infancy, but it had long since passed out of my mind.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
3  I am old and my voice is hoarse, but when I have taught you the tune, you can sing it better for yourselves.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
4  When time passed and the animals had evidently not starved to death, Frederick and Pilkington changed their tune and began to talk of the terrible wickedness that now flourished on Animal Farm.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
5  Above all, the tune and even the words of 'Beasts of England' were known everywhere.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
6  The blackbirds whistled it in the hedges, the pigeons cooed it in the elms, it got into the din of the smithies and the tune of the church bells.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
7  The pompous popular tune brayed and blared.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
8  A dance tune was put on the machine.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
9  The tune on the gramophone reeled from side to side as if drunk with merriment.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
10  "I fear I am not in my perfect mind," Giles muttered to the same tune.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
11  Armed and valiant, bold and blatant, firm elatant--the popular march tune rang in his head.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
12  It was a simple tune, another voice speaking.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
13  Old Bartholomew tapped his fingers on his knee in time to the tune.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
14  Then the tune with its feet always on the same spot, became sugared, insipid; bored a hole with its perpetual invocation to perpetual adoration.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
15  A merry little old tune was played on the gramophone.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.
2  It's a jazzed up version of an old tune.
3  Press this button and the video will automatically tune itself to the next channel.
4  I've had this tune on the brain all day but I can't remember what it's called.
5  When distinction disguises the smile, is the final farewell tune.
6  There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
7  More than six million youngsters tune in to Blockbusters every day.
8  Lack the tune of lyrics, ultimately not perfect.
9  I don't know the title but I recognize the tune.
10  I recognize the tune but I can't put a name to it.
11  The violin and the piano seem to be out of tune.
12  None of them could sing in tune.
13  I don't sing perfectly in tune, but I think I put more expression into my lyrics than a lot of other singers do.
14  He played a tune on the violin.
15  She calls the tune in their house.