How to Use misshapen in a Sentence

misshapen

adjective

• 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
• This disease can cause misshapen shoots, but there's no way to spot it ahead of time—a trusted source is the best way to avoid gall.
  — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2024
• 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
• But what humans would call cosmetic surgery is helping pets like Hamilton, a 4-year-old English bulldog, overcome the pain of misshapen eyelids.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 July 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024