How to Use fettle in a Sentence

fettle

noun
Definition of fettlenext
Synonyms for fettlenext
  • But now Julia has been brought to life in fine Muppet fettle.
    — Frazier Moore, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Your business sense is in high fettle in April and your ambition should grow as May arrives, but this isn’t a good time to launch a new business.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Your instincts are in fine fettle to interfere and meddle.
    — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2017
  • The reigning Premier League top scorer has started the season in fine fettle having already scored twice in three games.
    — SI.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • The Spanish stopper has played seven seasons at United, and has been in stellar fettle this campaign.
    — SI.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • One reason for the reversal of fortunes is that GM has convinced investors that its current business is in fine fettle.
    — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Both his parents are nonagenarians who have slowed down over the years but still appear in fairly fine fettle.
    — Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2017
  • The Pole has started the league campaign in fine fettle, with five goals in just two matches masking what has been a relatively slow start to the season by Bayern's standards.
    — SI.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Your competitive spirits are in fine fettle, and your ability to take the lead is enhanced during the upcoming four to five weeks.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The orchestra played splendidly throughout the evening, with the brass in particularly fine fettle and the strings sounding lustrous.
    — Bob Thomas, Orange County Register, 9 June 2017
  • In recent years, New York City Ballet’s corps has been a wellspring of talent, bubbling up to refresh and replenish a company already in fine fettle.
    — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
  • In the central bit of nonsense, Nick visits a soothsayer (Ross Lehman in hilarious fettle) to try and learn the name of his rival’s biggest hit and then turn that into a musical to catch a new fashion.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • To avoid a repeat this year, organizers enlisted the help of a company that usually lays the tarmac for airport runways and the track remained in fine fettle throughout.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 18 Jan. 2020
  • The most likable character actually is a private-equity guy himself, Leo Tresler (Michael Siberry in fine fettle).
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • An apprentice practices the procedure over and over, as if taking lessons in an immensely complicated musical instrument; the teacher looks for the sharpness, the fettle that comes with a hundred attempts.
    — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 15 July 2019
  • But now Julia has been brought to life in fine Muppet fettle.
    — Frazier Moore, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Your business sense is in high fettle in April and your ambition should grow as May arrives, but this isn’t a good time to launch a new business.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Your instincts are in fine fettle to interfere and meddle.
    — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2017
  • The reigning Premier League top scorer has started the season in fine fettle having already scored twice in three games.
    — SI.com, 31 Aug. 2019
  • The Spanish stopper has played seven seasons at United, and has been in stellar fettle this campaign.
    — SI.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • One reason for the reversal of fortunes is that GM has convinced investors that its current business is in fine fettle.
    — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Both his parents are nonagenarians who have slowed down over the years but still appear in fairly fine fettle.
    — Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2017
  • The Pole has started the league campaign in fine fettle, with five goals in just two matches masking what has been a relatively slow start to the season by Bayern's standards.
    — SI.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Your competitive spirits are in fine fettle, and your ability to take the lead is enhanced during the upcoming four to five weeks.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The orchestra played splendidly throughout the evening, with the brass in particularly fine fettle and the strings sounding lustrous.
    — Bob Thomas, Orange County Register, 9 June 2017
  • In recent years, New York City Ballet’s corps has been a wellspring of talent, bubbling up to refresh and replenish a company already in fine fettle.
    — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
  • In the central bit of nonsense, Nick visits a soothsayer (Ross Lehman in hilarious fettle) to try and learn the name of his rival’s biggest hit and then turn that into a musical to catch a new fashion.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • To avoid a repeat this year, organizers enlisted the help of a company that usually lays the tarmac for airport runways and the track remained in fine fettle throughout.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 18 Jan. 2020
  • The most likable character actually is a private-equity guy himself, Leo Tresler (Michael Siberry in fine fettle).
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • An apprentice practices the procedure over and over, as if taking lessons in an immensely complicated musical instrument; the teacher looks for the sharpness, the fettle that comes with a hundred attempts.
    — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 15 July 2019

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