shaping

Example Sentences

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Shaping up the crowd during the endless trailers, I spotted 10 other people with notebooks — no doubt fellow journalists and critics, ready to do their jobs.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

Shaping Demogorgon, detail by detail, was like "making a clay sculpture," he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Shaping its internal structure requires extremely high temperatures, which is why steel production consumes so much energy.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Shaping borrowing costs for U.S. consumers and businesses, the policy path ahead could be particularly important for more speculative AI companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Shaping the brackets involved a hammer and . . . well, that's it, actually.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir