How to Use modifier in a Sentence

modifier

noun

• Sure, the name isn't flashy with cliché adjectives and modifiers.
  — Carey Polis, Bon Appetit, 29 Aug. 2017
• Compound modifiers come fast and easy for french fries cut by hand, then fried twice and dusted with coarse salt and herbs for $3.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• But the lazy remedy, merely to move a modifier one word left or right, is worse.
  — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
• The charge against him also includes modifiers for use of a dangerous weapon and for being a party to a crime.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
• For instance, a writer couldn't go all Samantha Bee or use a curse word as a modifier.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 1 June 2018
• Any little modifier that takes the blanket out of the statement can make a big difference in tone.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 8 July 2016
• With dozens of brands of almost every spirit now available, not to mention the flood of vermouths and other modifiers, there’s a lot of pressure to pick the right one.
  — Anne Brockhoff, kansascity, 20 Feb. 2018
• These can include antihistamines (which come in pills, nasal sprays, and eye drops), steroid nasal sprays, mast cell inhibitors, and leukotriene modifiers.
  — Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 19 June 2019
• And yes, that's the we-can-print-that-name-in-a-family newspaper name, although fans know the tune as sporting a bit more colorful modifier in both the title and lyrics.
  — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• Surbaugh predicted that both boys and girls in Scouts BSA would refer to themselves simply as scouts, rather than adding ‘‘boy’’ or ‘‘girl’’ as a modifier.
  — David Crary, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
• Pompoms and studded fringe, O.K., but the 1,001 straps on almost every garment were a dangling modifier too far.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2017
• His Morale & Welfare employs over-proof dark rum and modifiers that run the gamut: tart lime, slightly sweeter grapefruit, zesty cinnamon, and rich mole bitters.
  — Liza Weisstuch, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
• Given a little longer to ponder, Baldwin might have summoned up some even more damning modifiers.
  — Larry Stone, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2017
• But in the Pathfinder playtest, there was no static initiative modifier.
  — Sam Ferguson, Ars Technica, 30 July 2019
• Lisa and Miriam come to Greg’s defense, arguing that the statute in question contains a dangling modifier.
  — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
• The classic drink has quite a few sweet modifiers (like orange curaçao and pomegranate) and the heavier alcohol, at 45 percent, helps cut through that sweetness.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 15 Apr. 2017
• Most damage-dealing projectile sizes have been increased by a new global modifier added to their base size.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• There are two exceptions to this, though: running down the left side of your iPad’s screen is a sidebar that includes modifier keys (command, option, control, and shift) and an undo button.
  — Chris Welch, The Verge, 24 June 2019
• The computers will also have a modifier, ranging from 3 up to 5, 7, X, or Ultra to denote computers that are entry-level all the way up to advanced.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
• The basic mechanic is a little like War, with the higher number winning, but there are lots of modifiers (condiments, for example) which can give you an advantage in the battle.
  — Jonathan H. Liu, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2011
• Even without the now almost ubiquitous modifier toxic in front of it, masculinity has become a dirty word.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 31 Oct. 2019
• No Match Game – Bungie has killed off one of Destiny’s most exhausting modifiers, which makes shields borderline immune to non-matching weapons in higher difficulties.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
• For its prowess, the liquor store lobby is frequently described with one modifier — powerful.
  — Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2017
• The Starbucks in the airport is my chance to order an inexplicably fussy beverage with multiple modifiers.
  — Nicole Rucker, Bon Appétit, 22 Oct. 2019
• During some rounds, teams will be impacted by modifiers such as a health boost to enemy ships or the inability to regain energy needed to recover shields.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 15 May 2017
• So all of that awaits the receptive viewer, along with a dangling modifier of an ending guaranteed to satisfy virtually no one.
  — Michael Phillips, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2017
• Would-be weather modifiers conducted a series of expensive field experiments, seeding massive storm clouds over the course of many seasons in different parts of the United States.
  — Kathryn Phillips, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
• Of course, split infinitives, dangling modifiers, and subject-verb disagreements have always appeared wherever words are uttered or keys are stroked.
  — Jake Cline, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2019
• For years, the description of Venezuela’s government has come with a host of modifiers, from an illiberal democracy to democratic socialism.
  — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2017
• Key to this is the modifier to the term that’s often dropped in casual conversation: relative humidity.
  — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 12 July 2017

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024