Sentence examples for I was modernizing from inspiring English sources

I was modernizing Dickens.

Leading up to WWII, Japan was modernizing like crazy, eventually mutating into a militaristic, expansionist jag.

It was modernized since he had seen it.

In the 20th century Oxford's curriculum was modernized.

The store was modernized and required a more sophisticated design.

It was modernized according to John Foster's specifications.

In 1710 the Old Church Slavonic alphabet was modernized into a secular script.

Porfirio Díaz (1876 80; 1884–1911), Mexico City was modernized in the manner of Paris under the administrator Georges Eugène, Baron Haussmann.

The mosque was modernized and enlarged several times in the 20th century.

The stretch of track where the collision occurred was modernized last year, the transportation minister, Slawomir Nowak, said.

During the Soviet period the Georgian economy was modernized and diversified.