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.
  • This tiny modern home was built to last.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In the modern world, that bond is stronger than ever.
    — Zack Kass, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The same is true of modern warfare.
    — Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
  • What would a modern system look like?
    — Chris Maurice, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • With one click, all of your big dreams can come true with this chic, modern tiny house.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Classics with a touch of modern.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • The rooms The rooms are modern and simple.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Each of the cars is able to be updated over the air like a modern car.
    — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some may prefer a more modern style than these cork-bottom wedges.
    — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That is, in a nutshell, a huge part of modern coaching in any sport.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Khrushchev argued that the goods were a sign of modern decadence.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The modern world drives you back underground in a weird way.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This year brought the greatest one-year upheaval in the modern era.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Break up heavy, dark furniture for a more modern and mixed look.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 13 June 2026
  • Its rounded walls and modern windows are easy to spot and let in lots of light.
    — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 2 May 2026
  • Modern bed skirts are tailored and pleated with clean lines.
    — Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 14 June 2026
  • The still resembles a work of modern art.
    — Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
  • This bizarre find isn't just a modern oddity.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • There's no clear leader of a modern movement.
    — CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • In modern sports, there’s no shortage of data.
    — Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025

modern

2 of 2 noun
  • Tad’s subjects were the moderns.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Here’s what’s on tap — and ballet and modern — from the Portland dance world.
    — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The ancient lives side by side with the modern at the Temple House.
    — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
  • Kirsten Dunst kept it classic in her modern-take on this retro suspender look.
    — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2023
  • And the last to be run on a cinder track; a bridge between older Olympics and the modern.
    — Stephen Wade, ajc, 29 July 2021
  • The sportsman’s dive bar vibe blended with vintage décor feels both retro and modern.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021
  • For Göransson and Nolan, the ancient and the modern are not so far apart.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
  • Straight-through sound The muffler construction is old-school modern.
    — J. Daniel Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • This furniture is more ornate than, say, Danish modern from the same era.
    — Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 3 May 2017
  • Bieber was ready for the main event after achieving the modern, sultry Oscar night look of her dreams.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Overall, the Evija's cabin has a look that's somehow both retro and modern.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 7 Jan. 2023
  • As a singer, 26-year-old Stella Cole manages to be old-school and modern at once.
    — Brett Milano, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Plus, a variety of design styles, like farmhouse and mid-century modern, are part of the sale.
    — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 22 Jan. 2022
  • None of that modern connecting to the internet business here.
    — Shannon Liao, CNN, 13 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • For critics, the absence of the modern is compounded by a lack of stylistic purity.
    — Anthony Alofsin, The Atlantic, 6 June 2018
  • But there’s also a flash of modern to them, with lightweight, sustainable materials, as well as a cool heel strap.
    — Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • For Aucoin, retaining this balance of the mythic and the modern was one concern.
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2021
  • As is typical of the modern far right, the ISD found that these groups were transnational.
    — Will Bedingfield, Wired, 12 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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