How to Use modulation in a Sentence

modulation

noun
  • And for some of those who come to The Voice Lab with the goal of voice modulation, the stakes are high.
    — Nicole Blackwood, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • This is because the changes in the shape of the mouth alter the modulation of our voices.
    — Stella Marie Hombach, Scientific American, 1 June 2020
  • The last of my three gripes: The brake modulation has too much travel.
    — Stuart Schwartzapfel, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2012
  • There is room for subtler modulation in the script and the staging.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • These graphs show the result: the top of the graph shows less modulation, i.e. a more difficult task.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2014
  • There are so many levels of pitch modulation on all of those tracks.
    — Charlie Harding, Vulture, 23 July 2021
  • Down the road at Maserati, sound modulation is more of a hybrid affair.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Love songs about the little things — with a little modulation, to boot!
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2024
  • All that green on the right is simply slapped onto the surface, no modulation at all.
    — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
  • What made his music special was in the cleverness of his syntax, the modulation of his voice, the depth of his grooves.
    — Paul Thompson, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021
  • But one of his first lessons for pupils is vocal modulation.
    — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2017
  • Brake modulation is fine at the top of the pedal's travel but gets a little grabby in the last few feet before a stop.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 5 May 2022
  • As the worms age, modulation of daf-2 and daf-16 then influences their health and longevity.
    — Quanta Magazine, 26 Nov. 2019
  • His screenplay connects all the dots of the story with no sense of shaping or modulation.
    — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The steering marries ideal effort levels with a strong sense of straight ahead, and the brake modulation came in for praise as well.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Through modulations in brushwork, the audience observes the artist in the act of painting.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The beauty of the brushwork and the virtuoso modulation of color and surface must have something to do with it.
    — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • But the studies note that the modulation is small, such that the effect is of no practical use for prediction.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2018
  • So any modulation of this has to be done locally, maybe just within the bladder.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Those sorts of modulations get lost when every character wears a mic, as is the case in this production.
    — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2017
  • Heat modulation proves the secret to good grilling: Use enough for flavor, perfect texture and browning, but not so much that food tastes burnt or acrid.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
  • Heat modulation proves the secret to good grilling: Use enough for flavor, perfect texture and browning, but not so much that food tastes burnt or acrid.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2018
  • Heat modulation proves the secret to good grilling: Use enough for flavor, perfect texture and browning, but not so much that food tastes burnt or acrid.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2018
  • Heat modulation proves the secret to good grilling: Use enough for flavor, perfect texture and browning, but not so much that food tastes burnt or acrid.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2018
  • Heat modulation proves the secret to good grilling: Use enough for flavor, perfect texture and browning, but not so much that food tastes burnt or acrid.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2018
  • Heat modulation proves the secret to good grilling: Use enough for flavor, perfect texture and browning, but not so much that food tastes burnt or acrid.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2018
  • Heat modulation proves the secret to good grilling: Use enough for flavor, perfect texture and browning, but not so much that food tastes burnt or acrid.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2018
  • Heat modulation proves the secret to good grilling: Use enough for flavor, perfect texture and browning, but not so much that food tastes burnt or acrid.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2018
  • Air pollution harms us through many of the same mechanisms such as inflammation, immune modulation, and damage to our DNA.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Saez and his team found that meditation practice caused modulations in the beta and gamma waves in the amygdala and hippocampus of these novice meditators.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2025

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