How to Use altered in a Sentence

altered

adjective
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  • 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
  • With the altered lineup and McAvoy’s two penalties, Orlov played 26:03 (four shots, two hits).
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Prosecutors say he was paid with altered checks stolen from the mail.
    — The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The spark for this latest outburst, according to Betts, has been his altered approach at the top of the lineup.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022
  • When all the stars were in place, the staffer removed the American flag, revealing the altered beer can flag display.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The city’s altered acoustics are one result of near-constant bombardment since the summer, and by far the most present: The thuds and blasts echo for miles.
    — Natalia Yermak, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • For all its faults, the show’s altered version of Wesker played by Lance Reddick actually was one of the best aspects of the show.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 July 2022
  • The main side effect reported in the study was an altered sense of taste, which affected about 1 in 5 people who took the drug.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Kids from his neighborhood and school, with altered names, figure into the book.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
  • As a result, the number of papers with altered images has boomed in recent years, Bik said.
    — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2023
  • On one side, the coin depicts a drug house and an altered image of the Pillsbury Doughboy, who has gold teeth and is holding money and a gun.
    — Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Voting rights groups in Georgia and elsewhere are adapting to the altered landscape.
    — Sudhin Thanawala and Gary Fields, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • In New Jersey, a bill is in the works to ban deepfake pornography and impose a fine, jail time or both on those who share the altered images.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Over the years, the film has gathered a cult following, helped by the word-of-mouth that it is best appreciated in an altered state.
    — Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2022
  • The mice with the altered TBXT genes were born with a variety of tail effects, including some that were born without tails at all.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The Instagram post, made weeks before the movie was released, appears to be an altered image from the movie's trailer.
    — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • Matt was standing by the light switch, trying to create some kind of strobe effect, as if that might help throw us into an altered state.
    — Courtney Kocak, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Cheerier, that is, until Death, speaking in an altered voice that seems to echo itself, starts narrowing in.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
  • Carvalho also warned of altered bus routes that could lead to delays.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The surge can be attributed, at least in part, to the audience of teenagers who found comfort in the song in 2020 and in the permanently altered years of their youth that followed.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Those symptoms include a cough, sore throat, runny nose, fatigue, headache, muscle aches and an altered sense of smell.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
  • In the altered version, Han Solo shoots only after the bounty hunter, Greedo, draws first.
    — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023
  • Advertisement The coin depicts a drug house and an altered image of the Pillsbury Doughboy, who has gold teeth and is holding money and a gun.
    — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
  • But West, who has made a series of antisemitic comments, had tweeted an altered image of the Star of David with a swastika inside.
    — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Hampton was charged with possession of a gun without a permit and possession of an altered firearm.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 29 Aug. 2022

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