How to Use form in a Sentence

form

1 of 2 noun

• Coal is a form of carbon.
• The shadowy forms of several people were visible through the smoke.
• The savings come in the form of bill credits over 30 months.
  — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
• My heart skips a beat when the ship gets close to the Sydney Opera House with its white sail-like forms.
  — Georgina Cruz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Nearby, a jumbled net form is starting to take the shape of a coral head.
  — Sarah Sekula, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• The holidays are upon us, and with them come feasts in many forms.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2023
• At least four different reports of my death came in the form of videos.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• But fans have waited a long time to see AC/DC in any form, and this is going to be a huge tour.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
• In addition to a shot in the arm, people in the study also got a vaccine in the form of an eye drop.
  — Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
• Many see this as its own form of karma for Healy’s comments about the rapper.
  — Vulture, 1 June 2023
• Both countries are eyeing the lunar south pole, where there is water in the form of ice.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
• By Ian Bogost The word search is perhaps the lowest form of puzzle.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024
• Part of the fun is in the trigger that opens the door, which can take practically any form, from a book to a beer bottle.
  — Jane Margolies, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2024
• Its lair, a form of Labyrinth, lay deep in the guts of America’s economy.
  — Yanis Varoufakis, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
• But both their art and their home are defined by play as well as rigor, a mastery over shape and form.
  — Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• One important document, the source and use form, is in there.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
• But Narcan was 10 to 20 times as expensive as the injectable form, Plumb said.
  — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• She’s obsessed with finding tools for the home that balance form and function.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2023
• Lovers of the brand can also sign up or sign in to a Cinnabon Rewards account and fill out a submission form as well.
  — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 7 Jan. 2024
• The previous form allowed students to log back in and fix an error.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024
• Gerber said that both options are available over-the-counter (OTC) in capsule, pill, or tablet forms.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 2 June 2023
• Of that $10 million, the company also wrote that only $2.5 million would be in the form of cash.
  — Sam Dean, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• These ultra-micro form factor PCs pack a punch in a small footprint.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 26 June 2023
• Keratin is a protein that occurs naturally in the hair, the botox form taking things up a notch.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
• In form, chukka boots are physically the middle ground among boots, hitting right at the top of the ankle—not too high, not too low.
  — Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
• About five years ago, Koltun and Lapshin added programs for young dancers who want to learn the art form on a nonprofessional track.
  — Karen Campbell, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• The form needed to be signed before Reece could participate.
  — The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024
• Witness one of the newest forms of jazz at Cliff Bell’s, only this weekend in downtown Detroit.
  — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2024
• Last month, India landed a robotic spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, a coveted area that holds water in the form of ice.
  — Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• Sometimes called dip or punch bait, the noxious concoction can be found as nuggets but usually is in a paste form.
  — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023

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form

2 of 2 verb

• An angry crowd was forming in the streets.
• Beads of sweat formed on his forehead.
• The friendship that they formed in school lasted a lifetime.
• The drug can help prevent blood clots from forming.
• His ideas were not yet fully formed.
• A plan was gradually forming in my mind.
• A plan was gradually forming itself in my mind.
• Her early experiences played an important role in forming her personality.
• The ideas that went into the AI tools took years to form.
  — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
• Users should form a line... and get in the queue for Amazon Q.
  — Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Rivulets formed on tarps and flowed past trolley tracks.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
• Plus, the silky smooth design can stop frizz and knots forming in hair during the night.
  — Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
• The recipe for the famous rolls at the restaurant came form Clardy's grandmother, Flossie Clardy.
  — Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
• The bikini top straps were down and tied to form a keyhole at her bust, with the strings hanging down.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 9 July 2023
• The stories that form the backbone of the novel are Juan’s sketches of Jan Gay.
  — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 16 Nov. 2023
• So yes, will the Democrats work and form a coalition with the Republicans come to the table?
  — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2023
• The piece likely once formed part of an overdoor from an Italian palace.
  — Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2023
• Her shorter, face-framing layers formed a pouf at the front of her hair.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 6 Sep. 2023
• Play can also be a way to explore ideas, test boundaries, and form bonds.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
• The stone cylinders for which Ocomtún is named likely formed part of the entrances to upper rooms in the city’s buildings.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• Sunday was the final day for Florence’s Donut Shoppe, and the line for the drive-thru began forming around 1 a.m.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 14 Aug. 2023
• Dibble tells Nature that many features of the site could have been formed by the movement of rocks over many years.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
• Spray Paint 101 Start Clean Dirt, dust, wax, and oil all form a barrier between the paint and the substrate.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2023
• Then, over two weeks, Wenzel began to let the pets around each other, and a bond started to form.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
• The main one is Hezbollah in Lebanon, formed in the 1980s to fight the Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon.
  — Peter Kenyon, NPR, 12 Apr. 2024
• The frame and the screen form a completely flush seam, with no space separating them.
  — PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
• That’s when Noseda and her friends formed their Charlie-watch party.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• But the biscuits form a buttery, brown crust for all the creamy, rich chicken filling, much the same way classic pie crust does.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2023
• Plants will soon form flower buds in preparation for spring bloom.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• The commission has had only one meeting since it was formed.
  — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 2 May 2024