How to Use mode in a Sentence

mode

noun
  • The brand notes that the battery will drain in timer mode.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
  • When in minute repeater mode, the bell is black; in alarm mode the bell is red.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
  • This mode produces the sharpest pictures and leaves room to zoom in and frame the shot a bit.
    Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Scott Harris still in wait-and-see mode The double tied the game, 2-2.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2023
  • For the first time since the lawsuit, Gottwald was back in full Svengali mode.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Zach Roloff is in full dad mode as Tori Roloff goes out of town for a girl's trip.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But so many of the rival campaigns at this point are in a wait-and-see mode.
    CBS News, 11 June 2023
  • Sleep mode changes the mist level to low and dims the machine's display so the light won't keep you up.
    Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 22 June 2023
  • Step one: Switch to grayscale mode at night (to save you a google, here’s how to do this on an iPhone and Android).
    Julia Ries, SELF, 12 Mar. 2024
  • But those two modes ran laps around the lowly yellow bus.
    Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Turned on lockdown mode, and even then its showing the same alert, and crashing.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The video was beautifully clear in both day mode and night mode.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But other than that, the hover mode doesn’t have much to offer.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 9 Mar. 2024
  • This offer comes with an extra 256GB of storage over the base mode, too.
    K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 26 July 2023
  • The brain enters what’s known as a high-focus visual mode when we’re stressed.
    Georgia Day, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
  • While Zucker and Raad were in fundraising mode, Licht was taking a beating in the press.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 25 July 2023
  • The setup process is straightforward, and the frame is easy to use in both landscape and portrait modes.
    Maddie Michalik, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Free self-driving mode on my Model Y for the entire month?
    Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
  • During the keynote, Disney showed off how its VR mode could be used.
    Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
  • The Sox find themselves in the selling mode after not being able to dig out of a dismal 7-21 start to the season.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2023
  • Many of these phones also come with low-light settings and portrait modes.
    Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
  • In her opinion, the best toys are ones that don’t take up too much room or can be used in a few modes for a long(ish) period of time.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 6 Apr. 2024
  • When the pandemic arrived and the world shut down, Wiig was in nesting mode with her twins.
    Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Jack Turner had a big third quarter, scoring 11 points, to get St. John Bosco in comeback mode.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • After a scoreless third quarter, the game went into running-clock mode when Watters scored on a 4-yard run in the first minute of the fourth.
    Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Right now, Petro is in damage control mode trying to isolate the issue around his son.
    Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 30 July 2023
  • There are four fan speeds on this model, auto and night mode, the ability to adjust brightness, and even a child lock.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2023
  • It’s equipped with two cleaning modes and four replaceable heads designed to scrub all sorts of grime off of bathtubs, tiles, grout lines, and more.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In this mode, Alexa acts like a speaking version of a chatbot, bantering back and forth about a wide range of topics.
    Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • And the company agreed for the next five years to allow incognito mode users to block third-party cookies.
    Davey Alba / Bloomberg, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024

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