He seemed to represent the modern tendency in public utterance toward prediction.

"The modern tendency is to hear one voice to the exclusion of the other," he explained.

But it is now time to pass on to other modern tendencies, also hostile to "consciousness."

His music shows little or no influence from more modern tendencies.

The modern tendency is to play "zero or two."

The modern tendency of the lower classes to get above themselves is becoming more marked every day.

But the modern tendency is to respond one spade, which may silence East.

The term is also used to describe modern tendencies.

The modern tendency is to avoid a three-level opening with a solid suit.

The events seem to be simply examples of a modern tendency to act out relentlessly the most extreme beliefs.