How to Use modernism in a Sentence

modernism

noun

• The Red Studio is among the most gorgeous lodestars in all of modernism.
  — Vulture, 3 May 2022
• The guest rooms and suites combine French chic with Dutch modernism.
  — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• That, in essence, was the dream of 20th-century modernism.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
• And the spirit of modernism was alive within the Circle.
  — David Edmonds, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2017
• The view that there were many modernisms is now commonplace.
  — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
• Over at the Sharonville Convention Center, modernism is all the rage.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 17 Feb. 2020
• The first is thought, by some, to mark the birth of modernism; the second, played live by Brent Griffin Jr. and cronies, ushered in a sub-genre now called free jazz.
  — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2024
• The first 20 years of the 20th century can be read in large measure as backlash against modernism.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• Secular modernism has tried to get the fruits of the Jesus-message without the roots.
  — Time, 2 Apr. 2021
• The truth is, the legacy of modernism still works against the making of beautiful public space.
  — Michael J. Lewis, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
• This was the year that deconstruction and modernism were born.
  — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
• The Genesis typeface is seamless in the back, so the flushness of modernism is very much here.
  — Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2018
• To hell with the aesthetic tyranny of chilly modernism!
  — Kelsey Keith, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2018
• And the modernism of the past century remains ever-present.
  — Amy Verner, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2021
• The building’s modernism seemed refreshing, up to a point.
  — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 2 Aug. 2021
• Ernesto’s work — the civic promise of modernism and his own warm version of it — inspired Richard to join the profession.
  — New York Times, 18 Dec. 2021
• His plan, too, is a work of modernism, vividly painted and highly styled.
  — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 11 June 2019
• Is this a terrible break from Lever House’s sleek modernism?
  — Audrey Wachs, Curbed, 14 Mar. 2022
• With the invention of collage in 1912, the Cubists opened a second path for modernism.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• More in Icons Now the new Tate Britain show suggests seeing him as a precursor of modernism.
  — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
• How could a tastemaker who preached the gospel of modernism become a convert to the baubles and trimmings of postmodernism?
  — Mary Ann Gwinn, The Seattle Times, 20 Feb. 2019
• In his younger years, he was attracted to a severe modernism.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 2 Apr. 2020
• Instead, the Frick has wisely opted for a third way: modernism with a human face.
  — Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 13 Apr. 2018
• But the artists who remained grappled with the war and its aftermath, and shaped German modernism.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The book’s conceit is that 1922 was itself the watershed year in the evolution of modernism.
  — Charles Finch, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2017
• But that alienation—the flip side of modernism—is missing from Murrell’s take on the Harlem Renaissance.
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• The lobby, guest rooms, spa and two pools combine a clubby modernism and dolce far niente, while heart-skipping views of the Dolomites backdrop it all.
  — Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
• That’s why the history of modernism is often cast as the history of a failure.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
• The jewellery-loving cognoscenti of New York, where Givenchy has a by-appointment showroom, have embraced this new modernism.
  — Jessica Diamond, theweek, 17 Oct. 2024
• The result is one that combines excellence, modernism, and tradition.
  — Stéphane Jg Girod, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024