Use a modifier in a sentence when you need to tell the size, shape or color of something you are describing.    From LearnThat.org. 

The line standing for the word modifier is joined to that part of the subject line which represents the entire subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

A preposition introduces a phrase modifier, and shows the relation, in sense, of its principal word to the word modified.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

The description, or title, field of the bookmark is taken from either the entitled modifier or the title of the current page.    From Wordnik.com.  [0xDECAFBAD] Reference

As someone who was a Redskins fan during Clint Didier's heyday, the proper modifier is "former NFL journeyman," not "former NFL star.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking on Patty Murray: GOP Hopefuls Take Stage in Bellevue « PubliCola] Reference

The "legend," strangely split from its crucial prepositional modifier, is associated with non-verbal nature, with silence and quietness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deforming Keat's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'] Reference

I long personally for the day when the modifier is a moot point.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Such creations seem to be particularly common when the modifier is a color word.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 2] Reference

The modifier is modifying the subject of the sentence, so it’s got to be an adjective.    From Wordnik.com.  [2009 June « Motivated Grammar] Reference

Keys like Alt and Meta are called modifier keys because they change the meaning of standard keys like the letter A.    From Wordnik.com.  [Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage] Reference

“Land-use” is a perfect example of the missing factor — familiarity of the reader with the multiple-word modifier as such.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Use of Hyphens:] Reference

As you can see in the example screenshot, I added some whitespace to the replace modifier, that is removed again by the TrimmedModifier.    From Wordnik.com.  [digiKam - Photo Management Program] Reference

Here just as the word modifier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

A modifier is a word that in combination with your core keyword creates your long tail strategy (definition by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Search Engine Journal] Reference

Following the huge success of the XPS line, Dell is now making the XPS brand a "modifier" for all their notebooks.    From Wordnik.com.  [NotebookReview.com - The Webs Best Source For Laptop Notebook Info] Reference

Medium Industry terms are slightly more general, but still include some kind of modifier, such as a state or color; "Washington Widgets" or.    From Wordnik.com.  [ISEdb.COM - Articles] Reference

Some call it an adverbial modifier, some call it a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

Do not mistake a noun modifier for the noun subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference

The +participle+ may be used as an +adjective modifier+.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

+Adjective Complement+ distinguished from adverb modifier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

A full genome sequence would pick up these modifier genes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reading the Book of Jim] Reference

A large body of water is an important modifier of climate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apple Growing] Reference

Certaines personnes vont jusqu'à faire modifier leur anatomie.    From Wordnik.com.  [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference

The +infinitive phrase+ may be used as an +explanatory modifier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

It must not be confused with an adverb or an adverbial modifier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference

+ -- A phrase that contains another phrase as a modifier is called a.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

The +infinitive phrase+ may be used as an +adjective modifier+ or an.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

A noun or pronoun used as possessive modifier is in the possessive case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

Which may be used in connection with a possessive substantive as a modifier?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference

If the interrogative word is subject or a modifier of it, the order is usual.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

+ -- Be careful to distinguish an adjective complement from an adverb modifier.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

RICE: You started out with a very important modifier, postwar intelligence says.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2006] Reference

Words not denoting time require the preposition in, unless accompanied by a modifier.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Latin Grammar] Reference

In the past, Syria was seen as the modifier on Hezbollah's activities inside Lebanon.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2005] Reference

A noun or pronoun used as explanatory modifier is in the same case as the word explained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference

En trouvant leur role j'ai du modifier quelques trucs sur les descriptions des autres.    From Wordnik.com.  [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference

When a noun has both an adjective and a genitive modifier, this order of the words is common.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader] Reference

An adjective or a possessive modifier precedes its noun, and an explanatory modifier follows it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference