Sentence examples for was alter from inspiring English sources
verb
To change the form or structure of.
The best they could do was alter a few words and phrases.
"The last thing I wanted to do was alter the architecture".
"I ordered it and took a look and what they had done was alter the original tape, adding in background noise.
But they were blocked by DeParle and her colleague Jeanne Lambrew the "highly respected policy wonk," who, at one of the first major congressional health-care summits, had "pushed back on the notion that the private sector could always be the answer". The best they could do was alter a few words and phrases.
The first thing I did was alter the differential settings so I could look after my gearbox because, when you have one wheel driving and the other spinning up more, it is easy to burn the diff out.
Then, all he did was alter the name.
But his life was altered.
The McQueen dress was altered.
The quality of time itself was altered.
This story was altered on 6 December 2012.
