shapeless

Example Sentences

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Nature herself is more than shapeless irregularity; the woods have glades and groves, animal trails and vistas; like literature, they have rising and falling action.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

She, too, had fallen under the spell of believing that they were plain and shapeless.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

The main process affected was morphogenesis -- an organism developing its shape -- and shapeless embryos cannot survive.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

In contrast to United's shapeless efforts, City were measured, controlled and passed the ball around with the confidence of a team that knew they were up against opponents nowhere near their level.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2023

She wore a brown, rather shapeless dress, and had a brown bonnet on her head which tied beneath her chin.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman