shape

Example Sentences

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“Your health, your well-being, your relationships, your ability to perform at your best are all shaped by the quality of your sleep.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Trot songs often express "han" - a deep-seated feeling of sorrow, resentment and longing shaped by Korea's history of foreign subjugation and one of the most enduring themes in Korean culture.

From BBC

The GCT described the giant tortoises as "ecosystem engineers" and said they played an "outsized role in restoring degraded ecosystems" because of the way their activity shapes landscapes.

From BBC

"It was a decent Games. I came in good shape, but not quite good enough to fight the Norwegians, they're just so dominant at the moment."

From BBC

These observations provide the clearest picture yet of where Uranus's auroras take shape and how its unusually tilted magnetic field affects them.

From Science Daily