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How to use modify in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb

Modify means to change part of. Example: “Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.”

Examples of modify by meaning

verbTo change part of.

  • Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.

verbTo qualify the meaning of.

  • Adjectives modify nouns.2016, Allen Ascher, The New Harbrace Guide: Genres for Composing

More sentences with modify

  • If you modify that, you'll modify all the shallow copies of the header that points to it.From the entry shallow copy
  • The rifle was originally chambered for 9mm, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.From the entry chamber
  • Did you forget that all programs that modify the registry need to be elevated?From the entry elevate
  • Text that has not been modified since the last revision is unemboldened.From the entry unemboldened
  • Nomic is a metagame in which players can modify the rules as part of gameplay.From the entry metagame
  • The prosthesis was modified labside using a scanner and a CNC milling machine.From the entry labside
  • In the sentence "She is beauty personified," the postpositive adjective is "personified", modifying "beauty".From the entry postpositive adjective
  • The word "better" is a postpositive adjective in "I want something better", modifying "something".From the entry postpositive adjective
  • Genetically modified foods have been the subject of heated debate.From the entry genetically modified
  • The design was modified to be more insertable.From the entry insertable
  • Open the cfg and modify the first option.From the entry cfg
  • The level of decomposition and dissolution could be modified by changing the plasmogenous gas or feed powder grain size.From the entry plasmogenous
  • Hot tapping allows a pipe or tank to continue to be used while it is maintained or modified.From the entry hot tapping
  • In Isubu, certain cardinal numbers are subject to alliteral concord: they change their form so as to alliterate with the noun they modify.From the entry alliteral
  • Billy Toad has shown extreme indecision in all aspects when it comes to his jeep. Whether it's how to modify it, or if he will sell it.From the entry indecision
  • The patient's face was blue from lack of oxygen induced by an airway blockage, which led a quick-thinking EMT on scene to begin modified chest thrusts.From the entry modified chest thrust
  • In some areas, US investors have been all-in on Europe, or Europemaxxing, to modify a phrase.2026 April 1, John Thornhill, “US investors prefer Europemaxxing to Europebashing”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 02…. From the entry -maxx
  • On Wednesday, having modified foo.dat, it is stored on an incremental backup.2025, Richard Fox, Information Technology: An Introduction for Today's Digital World, page 437. From the entry incremental
  • The pragmatic strategies can be divided into three types, namely, explicit, modified, and implicit self-denigration.2023, Li, H.X., Liu, J.Y. and Zhang, X.Y., “A Pragmatic Study of Self-Depreciation in Social Media Context”, in Open Access Library Journal. From the entry self-depreciation
  • Some people have opted to modify their Dalgonas, adding coffee liqueur and adding half milk, half Baileys.2020 March 31, Hayley Richardson, “Have YOU tried a Dalgona yet? New creamy coffee drink sparks viral craze - with thousands whipping up…. From the entry dalgona
  • During transport into and stay in the fiord, mixing processes modify the properties of imported water masses.2019, J. N. Moum, W. D. Smyth, “Upper Ocean Mixing”, in J. Kirk Cochran, Henry J. Bokuniewicz, Patricia L. Yager, editors, Encyclopedia of…. From the entry fjord
  • Snap-in-ones (SIOs) are slightly modified AIO nappies, where the inserts snap onto the waterproof layer.2018 June 16, “Reusable Nappies: The Differences Explained”, in Team Mills. From the entry snap-in-one
  • The modified theory is shown to give better prediction for glucose flux across a nephrophane membrane.2016 January 1, “The Balance of Fluid and Osmotic Pressures across Active Biological Membranes with Application to the Corneal…. From the entry nephrophane
  • It’s not only those hoofy legs they’ve modified and lost in their consequent evolutionary journey.2016 November 30, Elsa Panciroli, “How did the whale get its 'moustache'?”, in The Guardian. From the entry hoofy
  • A toolchain is a set of tools for building, inspecting, and modifying software.2015, Jim Kukunas, Power and Performance: Software Analysis and Optimization. From the entry toolchain
  • The sixth prosomal appendage is modified in both xiphosurids and chasmataspidids for use in locomotion or burrowing.2015 September 1, James C. Lamsdell et al., “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from…. From the entry chasmataspidid
  • Almost all the corn and soyabeans grown in America are genetically modified.2013 September 7, “Farming as rocket science”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852. From the entry culture
  • It usually leaves all other information intact, and even backs up the one modified index file.2013, Martha McCaughey, Michael D. Ayers, Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice, page 85. From the entry cybergraffiti
  • Spells modified by a metamagic feat use a spell slot higher than normal.2012, Nitehawk Interactive Games, Outcastia Campaign Setting Book I: World Tour, →ISBN, page 183. From the entry metamagic
  • Mitochondrial content was estimated based on visualization of the modified Gomori's trichrome stain.2011, Colleen A. McMullen et al., “Chronic Stimulation-Induced Changes in the Rodent Thyroarytenoid Muscle”, in Journal of Speech…. From the entry trichrome
  • Charging modifies the first attack of the charger, and the first attack of the chargee.2011, Jesse Spears, The Science of Magic, page 38. From the entry chargee
  • Simply put, Free Software is software that you can use, modify, and share with virtually no restrictions.2010, Jason van Gumster, Robert Shimonski, GIMP Bible, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry free software
  • These three-wheeled chariots are baby strollers that have been modified for running enthusiasts.2010 October 19, Chris Cooper, Long May You Run: All. Things. Running., Touchstone, →ISBN, page 110. From the entry running stroller
  • The error indicates that we cannot typecast and modify data of an autoboxed variable.2006, Christian Gross, How to code .NET, page 38. From the entry autoboxed
  • A noun that modifies another noun: steel in steel bridge; London in London house.2005, Thomas Burns McArthur, Tom McArthur, Roshan McArthur, Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. From the entry attributive
  • This chapter contains recipes for editing and modifying images, including converting between image file formats.2004, Michael Stutz, The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition. From the entry featuresome
  • “‘Feel’ is an intransitive verb in your sentence and is modified by an adjective.”2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 126. From the entry intransitive verb
  • This has an install of earthlink software for dialup and modified internet explorer.2003 September 28, Lil' Dave, “firewire / NIC”, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026. From the entry uninstallate

Meaning of modify

  1. verb To change part of.
  2. verb To be or become modified.
  3. verb To set bounds to; to moderate.

Full definition of modify

Questions about modify in a sentence

How do you use modify in a sentence?
Modify is used as a verb. For example: “Her publisher advised her to modify a few parts of the book to make it easier to read.”
What is a short sentence with modify?
“Adjectives modify nouns.”
What does modify mean?
Modify means to change part of.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: modify (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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