SHAPE in a Sentence
Learn SHAPE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
286 example sentences for SHAPE, such as:
1. He bent the bar into the right shape.
2. If I change shape, and you forget the time.
3. It showed to advantage the good shape of his figure.
4. Kaplan seemed to be in better shape than either of us.
5. She even had plastic surgery to change the shape of her nose.
2. If I change shape, and you forget the time.
3. It showed to advantage the good shape of his figure.
4. Kaplan seemed to be in better shape than either of us.
5. She even had plastic surgery to change the shape of her nose.
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Meanings and Examples of SHAPE
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shape
n. the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
v. shape or influence; give direction to
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 These tales and rumours took substance and shape, and were corroborated and re-corroborated, until they resolved themselves into a definite name.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
2 He stood on a raised stage, under his own loom; and, looking up at the shape the loom took, and hearing the burial service distinctly read, he knew that he was there to suffer death.
3 The table stood in the same place, close by the bedside, and on it, in its real proportions and appearance, was the shape so often repeated.
4 When the Devil goeth about like a roaring lion, he goeth about in a shape by which few but savages and hunters are attracted.
5 It had been lying there some days, for rain and dew had stained it, and the mark of its shape was on the grass where it had fallen.
6 Let me behold thee then in thy bodily shape, if thou be'st indeed a fiend," replied the dying knight; "think not that I will blench from thee.
7 Emotions that are ordered and given shape are more important than disorderly emotions.
8 Underground grey faces, whites of eyes rolling, necks cringing from the pit roof, shoulders out of shape.
9 Against the wall were ranged, in regular array, a long row of elm boards cut in the same shape: looking in the dim light, like high-shouldered ghosts with their hands in their breeches pockets.
10 This cell was in shape and size something like an area cellar, only not so light.
11 He remembered nothing of its details; but the shape and aspect of the building seemed familiar to him.
12 Mr. Giles, reminded of his unbecoming costume, snatched off and pocketed his nightcap; and substituted a hat, of grave and sober shape, which he took out of the chaise.
13 When he drew nearer he perceived it to be a spring van, ordinary in shape, but singular in colour, this being a lurid red.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
14 It showed to advantage the good shape of his figure.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
15 Some were distant, and stood in a dense atmosphere, so that bundles of pale straw-like beams radiated around them in the shape of a fan.
Example Sentence: (76 in 6 pages)
1 With a lot of training, we might be able to lick the team into shape in time for next year's games.
2 A dark shape stood silhouetted against the bright morning sky.
3 It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of great whole of life dawn on you.
4 This rubber ball is very resilient and immediately springs back into shape.
5 He bent the bar into the right shape.
6 We watched the vase begin to take shape in the potter's hands.
7 Many men feel their body shape doesn't live up to the stereotype of the ideal man.
8 In this new shape, it can accommodate molecules called G-proteins, which hang around inside the cell.
9 If I change shape, and you forget the time.
10 She even had plastic surgery to change the shape of her nose.
11 She hired a trainer to create a personalized exercise schedule to get her into shape.
12 The design of the house had a pleasing symmetry, its oblong shape being picked up in its elongated windows.
13 He did much to determine the shape of Europe's political map at that time.
14 Kaplan seemed to be in better shape than either of us.
15 The main distinguishing feature of this species is the leaf shape.