How to Use misshapen in a Sentence

misshapen

adjective
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  • The devil’s face seemed misshapen, and its jaw was raw and red.
    — Julie Rehmeyer, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2014
  • The misshapen spheres are firm and rough with coarsely ground nubs of pork and fat.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022
  • The top tip is the growing point of this tree, and once it is cut, the new growth will tend to be misshapen.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2022
  • If the HeLa cells looked misshapen, this meant that the right antibodies were not present in the blood.
    — Ainissa Ramirez, Scientific American, 17 June 2021
  • Eight months later, the same vent had become misshapen and was filled to the rim with a lava lake.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • This is the safest sleep position but can result in misshapen heads that are flat on the sides or back of the head.
    — Maria Carter, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The bits and pieces would stick, and gravity, over time, would smooth the misshapen clumps into spheres.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 29 July 2021
  • This is the safest sleep position but can result in misshapen heads that are flat on the side or back.
    — Maria Carter, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
  • When only the dense, misshapen core of the star was left, the black hole discarded it and sent it flying across the galaxy.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Windows were blown out, awnings ripped away and trees split in eerily misshapen ways.
    — Melinda Deslatte, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • And of course that makes for misshapen cookies that vary in size, which results in uneven bake time.
    — Madeline Diamond, wsj.com, 19 Dec. 2023
  • This isn’t a misshapen, ill-fitting roster headed for the league’s depths.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2022
  • If the Barbie doll heats up, the plastic can soften and become misshapen.
    — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2024
  • But this cell also has a quirk: Many of its progeny are misshapen.
    — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The faux chef turns his knife upside down, raises the vegetable like an ax, and slams it into the blade over and over—proud as punch of his misshapen hunks.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The misshapen cells then clump together and block the flow of oxygen to the organs, which causes extreme pain.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Be prepared to see leering closeups of those misshapen chompers too many times to count.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Dec. 2023
  • At its right edge, a misshapen blue galaxy is outfitted in blue-and-pink sparkling star clusters.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 8 July 2023
  • If any tamales become slightly misshapen, they can be reshaped at this time.
    — Minerva Orduño Rincón, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The sprouts formed by crown or leaf gall will be twisted, bulbous, or otherwise misshapen.
    — oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Each character is a misshapen piece of the puzzle in this modern crime drama.
    — Jd Linville, Variety, 25 Jan. 2023
  • In one of the fake images of Trump, the faces of law enforcement officers appeared to be blurry or misshapen.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In radar images captured eight months later, the same vent had doubled in size and become misshapen.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In the mountain streams of southern British Columbia and northern Montana, a rugged part of the world, fish with misshapen skulls and twisted spines have been caught over the years.
    — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • In the long term, rheumatoid arthritis can cause chronic pain and affect balance and can cause joints to become misshapen.
    — Natasha Lavender, SELF, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Hoffman and her siblings — triplets — were born prematurely; this led to a misshapen body and a left side that was smaller than her right.
    — Longreads, 7 May 2016
  • There are numerous reasons a tattoo may fade or become misshapen over the course of a lifetime.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Customers get high-quality items that may be a little misshapen or off-color straight to their doorsteps.
    — Blake Morgan, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • These misshapen cells clump together and block blood flow to organs, causing bouts of extreme pain.
    — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The misshapen cells stick together in vessels and cut off blood flow and oxygen, causing extreme pain.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023

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