The Thames Tunnel is the most remarkable example of this kind of work.
Pumps are used for lifting fluids above their level into some higher situation, such as from the hold of a ship or from a well.
It is the concrete juice of a large tree, supposed to be the Isonandra Gutta, and is brought to Europe in irregular masses of a brown color, and contains various impurities which are easily got rid of by working it in hot water.
Bestial, in modern usage, implies an intensified and degrading animalism.
In modern usage we may say that an allegory is an extended simile, while a metaphor is an abbreviated simile contained often in a phrase, perhaps in a word.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "modern usage" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.