pear-shaped

Example Sentences

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The Scottish FA will come under heavy fire for committing to another four years of Clarke if things go pear-shaped in America.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

“It’ll go this way, get a little pear-shaped, then it’ll come back this way,” Lauper says of the show, which is based on Mike Nichols’ 1988 movie about a secretary navigating the male-dominated business world.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

Westinghouse built the silver, pear-shaped device in 1937 and it became known as the “world’s first industrial atom smasher.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

They are small, pear-shaped insects that come in a variety of colors, from green, red and yellow to black, brown and gray.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Set’s altar was made from an egg crate covered by a piece of an old bedspread, and the god himself was a rather pear-shaped figure of dried mud.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder