When debugging legacy BIOS code, the developer switched the CPU to real mode to access low memory and hardware directly.

When the system switches into protected mode, the operating system can use paging and memory protection to isolate processes and prevent crashes caused by errant programs.

When the community switched to thread mode, the wiki's pages filled with long, nested conversations instead of concise encyclopedic entries.

The guitarist improvised a bluesy solo in the Mixolydian mode over the dominant seventh vamp.

Many jazz musicians favor the Lydian mode for improvisation over major-seventh chords because its raised fourth creates a brighter, more ambiguous sound.

The Aeolian mode, a mode whose scale is the same as a natural minor scale with the interval pattern whole–half–whole–whole–half–whole–whole, gives the melody a mournful quality.

The composer wrote a haunting melody that used the Phrygian mode to evoke ancient Mediterranean sounds.

When composing a bright, uplifting song, many guitarists choose the Ionian mode for its familiar major-key sound.

When improvising over a minor chord, she often favors the Dorian mode because its raised sixth adds a brighter color to her lines.

The professor asked us to identify the dominant mode of discourse in the speech and explain how it serves the speaker's persuasive goals.