formless

Example Sentences

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The arias and duets, which are almost always slowly paced and formless, lack that visceral, theatrical punch and do not musically distinguish one character from another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 23, 2025

Sometimes, it’s easier just to keep anguish as a nameless, formless thing, as Victor does in the first half of the film’s tagline: “Something bad happened to Agnes.”

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

It’s like this formless, invisible gas that’s going to find you wherever you are, and so escaping it is pretty futile.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

The defining complaint about the sacked Dutchman was that after two-and-a-bit seasons the football was still formless and the tactical direction indecipherable.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

From someone else, for instance Janice, the contact would simply be casual, friendly, just a kind of parlance, formless, easy talk.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee