In Carthage, crucifixion was an established mode of execution, which could even be imposed on a general for suffering a major defeat.

The subsidy became the established mode of grant under both Tudors and Stuarts, though by degrees it underwent a change similar to that of its predecessor.

A singular departure from his established mode of working is "This is How We Live in Paradise," a painting that contains nine grid squares of chaotic color.

Still, he said, turning opera singers into players in a musical required not only imbuing an appreciation of American humor but breaking established operatic modes.

The art is mostly in the established modes: abstract and realist painting, as well as sculpture of an especially hefty sort.

Head a ship in a specific direction under an established mode of propulsion and it will travel at x-speed toward a fixed destination.

As drum and voice interwove an intricate pattern of sound, other voices joined in from here and there around the room, fitting into the established mode, yet varying it independently.

Play therapy has been considered to be an established and popular mode of therapy for children for over sixty years.

Although Mr. Pickens has his own down-home style, "Boone" is in an established mode of the self-made tycoon who wants it known that he is not part of the establishment.

The problem is that rock is not an ancient folk tradition but an evolving discipline in which the smarter bands introduce sophisticated variations on established modes.