Example sentences for: modifier

How can you use “modifier” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One way to turn almost anything into a conceptual Trojan horse is to attach the word stealth to it as a modifier.

  • As only Chomskyan grammar is covered in the book, entries are lacking for such common grammatical concepts—albeit from other disciplines, like traditional grammar— substantive, dependent clause, independent clause, conjunctive adverb, adverbial conjunction, misplaced (or dangling) modifier , etc.—all terms well established in discussions of nonChomskyan grammar.

  • So even though the Chinese language was used, the modifier yang foreign or imported had to be added:

  • As shown here, haploinsufficiency of BMP4 causes a variety of ocular abnormalities that are strongly influenced by strain-specific modifier genes.

  • While reaching the theoretical limit for super-sentences, Bruce's creation is rather awkward, with the adjective clause, “which overcomes,” emerging as a dangling modifier.


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