How to Use mod in a Sentence

mod

adjective
  • Later in the show, the singer showed off the best legs (and abs!) in the biz in a mod peekaboo trapeze dress by Georges Chakra.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Drinks? Drinks! is more like it at the mod lounge adjacent to the four-star, avant-garde Minibar.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019
  • But while most would just put on a mod mini dress, a pair of Mary Janes, and call it a day, Kendall did not do that.
    Rachel Torgerson, Cosmopolitan, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Smudge the liner for a pretty, brown smokey eye look, or layer it on thick for a mod style.
    Elizabeth Denton, Seventeen, 10 Dec. 2018
  • The actress most resembled Twiggy, the uber-mod British model who ruled the 1960s.
    Diana Martinez, The Atlantic, 7 June 2017
  • Wear these two together for a mod equestrian look straight off the streets of Havana.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 8 Jan. 2019
  • Yet the more modest improvement saves more than twice as much gasoline.
    Virginia Postrel | Bloomberg View, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2017
  • Hadid’s blazer and mod little miniskirt were made out of fur and covered in the Fendi logo.
    Maria Ward, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The sleek, chic mod Mexican restaurant and tequila bar added a lacking flavor to the area, and downtown.
    Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 29 June 2017
  • There was no 92-point outburst — just a more modest 27 points with seven assists.
    Ocvarsity, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2017
  • According to Saint Laurent, the mod look is in, and Finn is the perfect person to set such trends for the upcoming seasons.
    Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 28 May 2019
  • Models wore mod 1970s Pageboy haircuts, which were at times colored to match the runway looks in blue, green and fading shades.
    Washington Post, 4 July 2019
  • Overall, the couple has tried to keep the furnishings true to the home's mod aesthetic while adding pieces that gently bring it into the current age.
    Susan Langenhennig, NOLA.com, 12 July 2017
  • While we're always told bigger is better, Kristin's space-saving plant really gives the room a mod look.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 12 Dec. 2019
  • While the trend evokes the mod silver sheaths crafted by Paco Rabanne in the 1960s, this time around, the metallic is less conspicuously trendy.
    Renata Mosci, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2017
  • All this takes place in a stripped-to-the-brick walls storefront, with just enough mod graphics, color accents and neo-hip lighting to qualify the place as urban chic.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The book is witty and different, full of bright, mod fashion and quite literally a lifetime in the making.
    Will Nevin, OregonLive.com, 14 Aug. 2017
  • In addition to their mod coifs, the males had blood-red eyes, which were visible even without binoculars.
    Dave Taft, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The city’s oldest hotel has mod furnishings with a touch of sparkle, a rooftop bar with a record player and a lobby-level restaurant called Harvest.
    Andrea Sachs, The Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2017
  • The mod footwear trend has been going strong for the past few seasons and celebrities can’t stop wearing them with head-to-toe bold hues to matching sweatsuits and everything in between.
    Kami Phillips, PEOPLE.com, 3 Oct. 2017
  • This Kansas City band traffics in an appealing mix of garage rock, mod rock and psychedelic pop.
    Timothy Finn, kansascity.com, 18 June 2017
  • Bethesda also plans to increase the amount of buildable space for private servers, and eventually add mod support as well.
    Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 23 Oct. 2019
  • There’s a shot of a man buried in emerald-green shrubbery, then a shot of dark-green ivy on a hospital wall; a horror-film flash of a Hitler-like mask mimics the mod black-and-white outfits worn by the orderlies.
    Emily Nussbaum, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Look for pieces that utilize bold jewel tones (emerald green is especially on-trend right now) to create focal points that give a sense of modern, not mod.
    Lauren Hubbard, ELLE Decor, 28 June 2018
  • Modest, peasant households commonly lived out of one room.
    Nika Mavrody, The Atlantic, 19 May 2017
  • Yes, Original Sin 2's PC version has mod support and a game master's mode for creating custom campaigns, and that's part of its appeal.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 21 June 2018
  • Click ahead to see illustrated Dior gowns, mod boots, and feathered fascinators.
    Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 5 Sep. 2017
  • While the solid white ankle boot has been gaining traction for months, Bella’s just-below-the-knee version was a touch unexpected and totally mod.
    Maria Ward, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2018
  • In three words: sunsets, singles, Sangria. Glowing oversized mod lamps can’t compete with the sparkle of the surrounding skyscrapers at night, a 270-degree panorama of skyline and harbor.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
  • The hotel is outfitted in '70s decor, designed by Jonathan Adler to complements its mod entrance and the hotel's famous Old-Hollywood ambiance.
    Charlotte Chilton, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2019

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