modulate

How To Use modulate In A Sentence

• In their summary, they state that this ape's vocal organ is not capable of producing delicately modulated or controlled sounds.
• Allozymes are catalytic RNA- or DNA-based molecules whose ability to catalyze a reaction is modulated by their interaction with an effector molecule.
• His gentle introductory tone modulates into a football coach's pre-game pep talk.
• We can modulate the detector at the same frequency as the excitation for homodyne detection - or at a slightly different frequency for heterodyne detection.
• Perceptual displacement of cues modulated performance of the prospective component but not the retrospective component.
• And, like any good schoolteacher, she modulates her voice to great effect; during moments of particular drama, she is known for speaking to juries in a barely audible whisper.
• She was plain-featured, and had rather a severe expression on her face; her dress was as rich as any morning dress could be; her voice deep and unmodulated, -- what in a lower rank of life would have been called gruff; but that was not a word to apply to Lady Cuxhaven, the eldest daughter of the earl and countess. Wives and Daughters
• Therefore, a composition, and methods thereof, that modulates and inhibits IL-10 activity can alter the development and sustainment of autoimmune disease and related symptoms and ameliorate or reduce pathogen-associated immunopathology. FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 07/22/2010
• Earlier this year, a small study by U.S. and Chinese researchers in the British Journal of Nutrition suggested that flax seed-derived lignan (a natural plant-based compound) might modulate C-reactive protein levels in type 2 diabetics, especially among women. Flax Seed: A Natural Alternative to Statins?
• The drawings share some of the sculptures' rough and uncouth qualities: the line is generally neutral, even unmodulated, and acquires power through repetition rather than finesse.