deform

Example Sentences

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The tyres need to be able to deform as they go over rocks and then ping back to their original shape.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

I love this quote by Ntozake Shange: “i cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that i was taught to hate myself in.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

When high loads are applied to superelastic materials they can deform to large strains which would result in a permanent strain in conventional materials without break.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

At very high exposures, fluoride can also weaken and deform bones.

From Salon • May 7, 2024

He felt naked, transparent; he felt that this white man, having helped to put him down, having helped to deform him, held him up now to look at him and be amused.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright