modish

Example Sentences

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The futuristic coat - modish in the 1960s - is also indicative of how the Queen was in sync with the times.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Gray surrounded himself with what journalist Jack Anderson called “sharp, but inexperienced, modish, young aides.”

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

“It was as if the newer, more modish performance practices had shaken his convictions about his own straightforwardness just enough to undercut his effectiveness,” John Rockwell wrote in The Times in 1980.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2021

“Portraits of an Era” parades modish men and women.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2019

The modish bonnet with curling white feathers seemed to her uncle a crowning affront.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare