How to Use take shape in a Sentence

take shape

idiomatic phrase

• Over the next two weeks, the kitchen began to take shape.
  — Joan Elovitz Kazan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2022
• How and when did the album’s theme begin to take shape?
  — Patrick Lyons, Spin, 15 Sep. 2023
• This isn’t the first such transatlantic supply chain to take shape.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2022
• The field for the 2023 Boston Marathon is beginning to take shape.
  — Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2022
• Lo and behold, out of nowhere a small pole barn was taking shape.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• Footage from that day posted on YouTube shows a wheel slowly take shape on the sonar screen.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
• In my home, that would take shape as a classic carne asada.
  — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• Here are some of the policies that will be taking shape: What is Title 42?
  — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• As the ski season approached, that plan began to take shape.
  — Claire Fahy, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• The axis of resistance took shape in the years after the 9/11 attacks.
  — Toby Matthiesen, Foreign Affairs, 9 Feb. 2024
• As the new, gray wall has taken shape, artists have begun to once again add color.
  — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
• Over the course of the application and firing of layers, the details of the dragon take shape.
  — Carol Besler, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• The women’s Sweet 16 is just taking shape, with more games Monday.
  — Trisha Garcia-Easto, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
• Then, go about your business while shiny, vintage-style ringlets take shape.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2024
• Other Southern states followed suit as the Jim Crow era took shape.
  — Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
• Plenty of the songs took shape over the course of months, with NPG band members learning what songs made the album – and in what shape — along with the wider public.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
• Because this is the 65th anniversary, the symbol of the blue sapphire also takes shape in the doll's design.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• As plans for the wedding started to take shape, Guillermo composed a long email to his father.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• Sure, the forces taking shape now may take a while to impact your business, and how and when may not be exactly clear.
  — Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
• Each layer is fired in a kiln timed to the nearest second with the details of the dragon taking shape with each firing.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2023
• The Red Sox’ buildup to the 2023 season will start to take shape when pitchers and catchers report this coming week to Fenway South.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• After long days at work, post putting their toddler to bed, Enzo’s began to take shape.
  — Catherine Smart, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• Houston's front office will likely take shape in the coming weeks.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 14 Nov. 2022
• The Britpop era was just beginning to take shape in the U.K., and there were still a few bands left in Seattle that weren’t yet selling millions of records.
  — Al Shipley, Spin, 28 Sep. 2023
• She was both enraged at Hamas and deeply anxious about the bombing of Gaza and the ground incursion taking shape near her old home.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• As for after the bowl game, Oregon’s roster continues to take shape for 2023.
  — oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2022
• The idea first took shape at singer Billie Eilish’s 21st birthday party.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• See all Abstractions blog The problem of private database access took shape in the 1990s.
  — Madison Goldberg, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
• Add frosting and coconut: Once your bunny has begun to take shape, cover the whole body in frosting.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2024
• The contours of the damage were also still taking shape on Saturday.
  — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024