How to Use modern in a Sentence

modern

1 of 2 adjective

• They live in one of the most modern cities in the world.
• He's known as the father of modern medicine.
• She cut her long hair for a modern look.
• She has modern ideas about dating and marriage.
• Water pollution is a growing problem in the modern world.
• He made his old-fashioned apartment look more modern by changing the color of the walls and buying new furniture.
• Their latest movie is a modern version of a classic children's story.
• She is learning Modern Greek.
• The English that was spoken by William Shakespeare is very different from the modern English spoken today.
• Amid all the sound and fury of the modern world, this is a sedan that soothes the soul.
  — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 26 July 2023
• China is looking to send two rockets to the moon by the end of the decade in the modern race to space.
  — David Zimmermann, Washington Examiner, 13 July 2023
• Born in 1820, Nightingale is known as the founder of modern nursing.
  — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
• The textured bar stools break away from the modern design, giving the space a cozy feel.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 20 June 2023
• But in the modern world, there is no space for innocence.
  — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2024
• There was a huge amount made of Diana being a breath of fresh air and [so] modern.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• But most of the stuff in modern day seems sort of not a direct corollary to anything that's going on now.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
• The modern Seattle music scene is not just one type of artist, music genre, or venue.
  — Lauren Ballantyne, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
• Go modern with Zara’s rope belt, Tom Ford’s gold-bar belt, or Toteme’s skinny waist belt.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024
• Some may prefer a more modern style than these cork-bottom wedges.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
• The matte black finish provides a sleek and modern look with a touch of moodiness.
  — Leslie J. Thompson, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Madame Web is thoroughly un-self-aware, the rare modern movie that achieves the status of pure camp without meaning to.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
• Shops selling meat, frowned upon in modern Hinduism, have been closed in some states.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
• It’s made from stainless steel with a trendy matte black finish that will look striking in a modern kitchen.
  — Savannah Sher, Popular Science, 26 Oct. 2023
• The residence has a modern feel running through its inside, as well.
  — Tj MacIas, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2024
• Nick Saban’s retirement brings down the curtain on the career of a modern legend of the sport of football, let alone the college game.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024
• Health and safety The progress in humanity’s health in modern times has been enormous.
  — Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
• The modern Spanish-style house has six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, wood beam ceilings, a pool and a tennis court.
  — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2024
• The greatest testament to his contributions to the modern world is found in the safety record of air travel.
  — Kerry J. Byrne Fox News, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
• The sewage treatment plant is a modern and pleasant place (at least, as pleasant as sewage works get), with pale green buildings and neat rows of trees in the flower beds.
  — Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
• The new installment is set in Minnesota and North Dakota in the most modern period for the franchise yet: 2019.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2023

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modern

2 of 2 noun

• The ancient lives side by side with the modern at the Temple House.
  — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
• And the last to be run on a cinder track; a bridge between older Olympics and the modern.
  — Stephen Wade, ajc, 29 July 2021
• Luke and Lionel agree and love that Alyssa was able to mix the classic with the modern with that song choice.
  — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2021
• Here’s what’s on tap — and ballet and modern — from the Portland dance world.
  — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2022
• The Windsors have long made a habit of melding the old with the new, the traditional with the modern.
  — Patrick Mulholland, National Review, 29 Aug. 2020
• As is typical of the modern far right, the ISD found that these groups were transnational.
  — Will Bedingfield, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021
• And in the back there was a hall where a dancing teacher called Hazel Johnson used to teach tap dancing and modern.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2021
• His house, modern, built to code on eight-foot block piers, was undamaged.
  — Steve Hendrix, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• This could have been a jarring clash of voices and a messy fusion of the historical and the modern.
  — Lauren Fox, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
• The eclectic design mixes the modern and the historic bones of the building throughout the hotel's 62 rooms.
  — Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2021
• Bieber was ready for the main event after achieving the modern, sultry Oscar night look of her dreams.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022
• That is why midcentury modern was big for the last 15 years.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 5 Aug. 2016
• Here, Hamel talks about the process of designing this colorful new home that shows off his love of both the modern and the antique.
  — Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 1 Oct. 2020
• Overall, the Evija's cabin has a look that's somehow both retro and modern.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 7 Jan. 2023
• Kirsten Dunst kept it classic in her modern-take on this retro suspender look.
  — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2023
• As on the necropolis, and in the Dickensian idea of being jailed for debt, the modern is interfused with the bygone.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2022
• This is the blue whale’s pickle: a species stuck between two predicaments, one ancient, one modern.
  — Eric M. Keen, Scientific American, 31 July 2020
• The highlights here are the phone's modern, all-screen design and big, 5000 mAh battery that will usually last for around two days.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2022
• Straight-through sound The muffler construction is old-school modern.
  — J. Daniel Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• The sportsman’s dive bar vibe blended with vintage décor feels both retro and modern.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
• For Aucoin, retaining this balance of the mythic and the modern was one concern.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021
• Keep in Mind The style skews towards mid-century modern, which may not suit every home’s decor style.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2023
• At Moderena, Tsegay says the special is made with the café's own modern (as the restaurant’s name suggests) twist.
  — Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2022
• As a city hurtling toward the future, Doha has perfected the art of combining the modern and the historic.
  — Travel + Leisure Staff, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2020
• This furniture is more ornate than, say, Danish modern from the same era.
  — star-telegram, 3 May 2017
• Though its contents may be old, the Pre-Loved collection will be sold via the most modern of means: the Instagram Stories sale.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2021
• But mixed in with the modern is a deep, even ancient, reserve that seems authentically Pueblo to me.
  — David Treuer, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
• Plus, a variety of design styles, like farmhouse and mid-century modern, are part of the sale.
  — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 22 Jan. 2022
• Despite the heritage of the pieces, Kate managed to mix and match the traditional with the modern effortlessly.
  — Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
• For buyers with an eye for this style, Dallas has many moderns to get excited about.
  — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 12 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024