Wondering how to use Shapeless in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as amorphous or formless.
Shapeless meaning
Without a clearly defined or identifiable shape.
Using Shapeless
- The main meaning on this page is: Without a clearly defined or identifiable shape.
- Useful related words include: amorphous, formless, unformed, unshapely.
- In the example corpus, shapeless often appears in combinations such as: of shapeless, shapeless and, formless shapeless.
Context around Shapeless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shapeless
- In this selection, "shapeless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, formless, neat, brown, version, dresses and mass stand out and add context to how "shapeless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be formless shapeless like water and a brown shapeless mass when. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shapeless" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shapeless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This game is suddenly a shapeless mess. (7 words)
Namely, it's too long, shapeless, and self-involved. (9 words)
Gone are the days of shapeless dresses and oversized coats. (10 words)
And yet how far does the Athenian Pallas differ from the stock of the cross, or the Pharian Ceres as she is put up uncarved to sale, a mere rough stake and piece of shapeless wood? (36 words)
It is the awareness that both life and fighting can be shapeless and ever changing that allows one to be able to adapt to those changes instantaneously and bring forth the appropriate solution. (33 words)
She'll end up stealing more awfully uncoordinated garments from a laundromat and will don a shapeless pale blue granny gown that not even she can carry off. (28 words)
And yet how far does the Athenian Pallas differ from the stock of the cross, or the Pharian Ceres as she is put up uncarved to sale, a mere rough stake and piece of shapeless wood? (36 words)
Example sentences (14)
The PlayStation-branded biopic sells a neat, shapeless version of struggle and tragedy.
Gone are the days of shapeless dresses and oversized coats.
She is not green-faced but does turn into a brown, shapeless mass when Dorothy kills by throwing water at her.
The comet was first discovered by Jean-Louis Pons, who noted it on July 12, 1812, and described it as a ‘shapeless object with no apparent tail’.
Namely, it's too long, shapeless, and self-involved.
This game is suddenly a shapeless mess.
After the paint dries, Eakin goes back in with a black marker to add outlines to his somewhat shapeless forms.
She'll end up stealing more awfully uncoordinated garments from a laundromat and will don a shapeless pale blue granny gown that not even she can carry off.
That interest in philosophy led to his most famous Zen-esque quote, “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water.
The shapeless blue figure with large eyes and red shoes is remembered in Olympic folklore, for arguably being the worst mascot ever presented.
According to Rosenblum, "Rothko, like Friedrich and Turner, places us on the threshold of those shapeless infinities discussed by the aestheticians of the Sublime.
And yet how far does the Athenian Pallas differ from the stock of the cross, or the Pharian Ceres as she is put up uncarved to sale, a mere rough stake and piece of shapeless wood?
He compared it to being like water: "Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water.
It is the awareness that both life and fighting can be shapeless and ever changing that allows one to be able to adapt to those changes instantaneously and bring forth the appropriate solution.
Common combinations with shapeless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of shapeless 2×
- shapeless and 2×
- formless shapeless 2×
- shapeless like 2×