How to Use mod in a Sentence

mod

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  • 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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