How to Use tuning fork in a Sentence

tuning fork

noun
  • Han then used a tuning fork that was set to the tone that is produced by a flies’ whining wings.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
  • However, all tuning forks aren't made equal.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Behind his miming, the windshield of the car was cracked in the shape of a tuning fork.
    — Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The first is plush velvet, the second taut and clear as a high C struck on a tuning fork.
    — Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2021
  • As with the leadup, this was really a question for the tuning fork.
    — Jane Ciabattari june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Each strap is two-pronged, like a tuning fork, so that the non-bra can be worn in at least twelve ways by twisting it this way and that.
    — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 30 July 2020
  • As in the movie, Black Bolt wears a tuning fork on his forehead to help channel his powers.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 6 May 2022
  • The males' antennae act as tuning forks, resonating to the whine produced by the wings of females.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2018
  • This quartz tuning fork responds to inertial forces and forms the heart of the GyroChip.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The pendulum guides her to smudge the room with sage before gently tapping orchestral gongs, tuning forks, and tinny bells.
    — Jessica Wright Weinstock, Glamour, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Here, skilled masseuses use tuning forks to enhance massages and treatments with frequency vibrations to calm the mind and spirit.
    — Livia Hengel, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the other items, meanwhile, will be passed on to friends who are much more excited by the prospect of, say, a (slightly banged-up) tuning fork and crystal set.
    — Rachel Metz, CNN, 27 Nov. 2019
  • But after a few shots of soundless frustration, the Doctor’s best plan is rendered useless by a tuning fork and a puddle.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 10 May 2024
  • More broadly, the growing interest in tools like tuning forks points to a shift toward simple, repeatable wellness habits.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Even in the best of times, markets are tuning forks not just for the sound of economic activity but for public sentiment about the future.
    — Zachary Karabell, Wired, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The sound of the tuning forks was then digitally manipulated to fit the pitch of the music and timed to match any moves the characters make.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • His writing here is exquisitely judged and particular, yet always ringing to the same, just-out-of-audible-range tuning fork.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 23 June 2022
  • Like tuning forks, human nervous systems can harmonize to the dominant frequency in a room.
    — Carrie Anne Yu, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • For those seeking healing, massage add-ons like the tuning fork and sound bowls use vibrational energy to help the body recalibrate.
    — Anna Haines, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • For instance, anything that vibrates 330 times in one second will produce an E note—a guitar string, a tuning fork or even a tire.
    — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2021
  • Similarly, the writeup also compares moonquake vibrations to those of a tuning fork, which is a kind of acoustic resonator.
    — Jessica Coulon, Popular Mechanics, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Davis used tuning forks to simulate prey vibrations near roadsides and found the spiders’ overall health was unaffected by urban stressors.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Bailey remembers spending most of filming in a tuning fork, a mechanism that locks an actor into a harness that then can spin and rotate to emulate swimming.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The reverberation of a tuning fork — Remedios had brought one to rehearsal — seemed the right ballpark noise, but there were further details to consider.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • The design centered on a tiny, dual-ended vibrating tuning fork carved out of quartz using standard silicon-wafer-processing techniques.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Types of hearing loss can range from a slight loss to a total loss, and tests to diagnose the condition may include a physical exam, tuning fork tests, or other tests by audiologists.
    — Jan Burns, Houston Chronicle, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Helm has described the barn and the on-site Levon Helm Studios as a tuning fork for musicians, a magical conduit into the heart of creativity.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2021
  • Throughout the massage, the therapist explains the purpose of each chakra and the botanicals in the corresponding oil, and applies a tuning fork to pressure points to release stagnant energy.
    — Anna Haines, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Starting next week, the sound of Kondo’s delicate hand striking a crystal with a tuning fork to energetically clear a space will become a similarly ubiquitous mental device.
    — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2021

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