How to Use modus operandi in a Sentence

modus operandi

noun

• It’s the, sort of the M.O. [modus operandi] of every cell.
  — Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2022
• Slow and steady is no longer the modus operandi at Tiffany.
  — Rory Satran, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
• For a while, pushing the limits of good taste was part of the modus operandi.
  — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 13 Jan. 2023
• That was the modus operandi for the final day of Paris Fashion Week.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
• If the-more-bubbles-the-better is your modus operandi in the tub, meet the creamy bath time elixir of your dreams.
  — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2018
• Baid found a few dozen more profiles with the same modus operandi.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 10 Aug. 2022
• Had the agency’s own modus operandi been used against it?
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
• The modus operandi for the Baylor game is to get the running game going.
  — John Shinn Diehards, ajc, 22 Sep. 2017
• And the modus operandi is to get the books pulled off the shelves, because the process for review is very muddy.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2023
• Her modus operandi is to pretend to black out at a bar and wait for a man to offer to walk her home.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 22 Dec. 2020
• Her modus operandi is shockingly bright and over-the-top.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 10 May 2022
• The singer’s modus operandi, after all, has a precedent.
  — Iman Sultan, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Jan. 2021
• That was the modus operandi behind the record-breaking Axie land deal last year.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2022
• The world in the post-pandemic era will have a different modus operandi.
  — Jedidiah Alex Koh, Forbes, 25 June 2021
• Such a structure has been the modus operandi for the current Pacers front office.
  — Tony East, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
• The modus operandi was covert murder rather than open warfare of the kind that might have allowed for an accounting of the costs.
  — Anjum Hasan, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
• The Haydn held to what felt like the evening’s underlying modus operandi: Leave them breathless.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2019
• My modus operandi is to restrain myself enough in the dining room to take home leftovers.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
• This seems to be the modus operandi of the other seemingly random members of the link leaderboard.
  — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 18 Aug. 2021
• That notion would become her modus operandi and the crux of her subsequent start-ups.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2023
• This turned out to be a rather neat summary of his modus operandi as a businessman.
  — Steve Almond, Longreads, 3 Apr. 2018
• That resulted in a strict three-color modus operandi for the show’s first two seasons.
  — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2024
• But the league plans a return to its recent modus operandi by holding the event – this year will mark the 86th draft – throughout one of its club's markets.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2021
• For Portman, who was new to working with Waititi, that modus operandi was like a breath of fresh air.
  — Sonaiya Kelleystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2022
• But will Michigan adjust its modus operandi with the running backs?
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2020
• That was Verlander’s modus operandi, making Judge reach for sliders in the dirt or that broke on the corner.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• That probably will need to be this season’s modus operandi, as well.
  — Dallas News, 27 Nov. 2020
• This has been the cartel’s modus operandi since its inception.
  — Gal Luft, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
• For once, and in a complete volte-face from its usual modus operandi under Roman Abramovich, Chelsea seemed to agree.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2020
• The result is obscene, but the underlying logic is the modus operandi of our algorithmic age.
  — Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024