| 1. | A complaining clamor, modulated in savage discords, filled our ears. - from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad |
| 2. | But now John put his hand into his pocket, brought out a whistle, and blew upon it several modulated blasts that rang far across the heated air. - from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| 3. | Did the host encourage his guest to chant in a modulated voice a strange legend on an allied them. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 4. | "I am certain of it his languishing looks and modulated tones when addressing Mademoiselle Danglars fully proclaim his intentions. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |