How to Use altered in a Sentence

altered

adjective
  • The altered lyrics are the ones that are now sung at Churchill Downs.
    — Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 5 May 2018
  • The team then placed the altered flies in an arena, and flicked on the red light at one end.
    — National Geographic, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Tuesday will be the first full day the the altered rules will be in effect.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 4 May 2021
  • In my altered state, the prairie dog has come back to half-life and is taunting me.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The altered version cuts her off mid-sentence and plays the audio of the boy yelling.
    — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The altered version of the interlude is now the second verse on the new song.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
  • Now the conservancy hopes the cows will do the same to the altered landscape.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The altered bill would have to return to the House before going to Biden's desk.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2021
  • For both sides in this grinding war, respite is sought in an altered state.
    — Hannah Beech Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Coach Matt Rhule doesn’t have to love the altered state of college football.
    — Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The two sides discussed an altered 2018 contract, but couldn’t agree to a deal.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, baltimoresun.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Even in his altered state of mind, Chandra warned the rescue team, Ty was fit.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2022
  • Aldean is not the first artist to upload an altered version of a music video to YouTube.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • The post appears to use an altered version of a CDC graphic from 2016.
    — Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Davis’s eyes were stuck on the middle of the second row, on the altered version of herself.
    — Kalyn Kahler, SI.com, 10 May 2018
  • Diplo didn’t hold back about his altered state of mind on New Year’s Eve.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 1 Jan. 2025
  • With the altered lineup and McAvoy’s two penalties, Orlov played 26:03 (four shots, two hits).
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • This includes the effects of the altered lighting around us.
    — S. Dev, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The altered version of the hashtag has 1.9 million views, according to the app.
    — Ben Goggin, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The idea was just not to feel altered, not to manipulate.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The Nine Network used the altered image as part of a graphic for its evening news bulletin.
    — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The freedom songs that became the soundtrack for the movement were gospel hymns with altered lyrics that spoke to the power of protest.
    — Erica Armstrong Dunbar, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Anosmia is the loss of smell; dysgeusia is an altered sense of taste.
    — USA Today, 18 May 2020
  • McKeon and three members of the command staff retired in the wake of the outcry over the altered report.
    — Andrea Estes, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2018
  • The fighter's nose shape, canopy, air intakes, and wheel doors were all altered and improved.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2017
  • The altered video clip in the Scalise video came from a July interview between Barkan and Biden.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Neither of us had been there in nearly a decade and couldn’t believe the altered landscape.
    — Molly Young, Vulture, 12 July 2021
  • And many of the jobs lost during the pandemic no longer make sense in the altered, post-pandemic world.
    — Michael Horowitz, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • The iPhone 17 Air blank does suggest another altered area of the design, with the selfie camera and forward-facing sensors flipped around.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • One popular meme featured an altered world map where oceans had been renamed with American-centric titles.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025

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