Definition of AMORPHOUS

Examples of amorphous in a Sentence

Astronomers think our solar system took shape when an amorphous interstellar cloud of dust and gas collapsed under its own weight. The conservation of angular momentum, or spin, kept some of the material from simply falling all the way to the newborn sun; instead it settled into a pancake shape. — Michael W. Werner et al., Scientific American, June 2009 Most library and academic accrediting associations either ignore weeding or have general, rather amorphous, standards. Among the more specific standards are those of the American Library Associations' 1967 public library systems standards, which suggest annual weeding of at least 5 percent of "community collections," with headquarters libraries weeding more cautiously … — LJ Special Report, 1990 A quarter of a century ago, author Betty Friedan stumbled upon a "problem that has no name."" Middle-class American women were prisoners of gilded cages, she argued, unfulfilled by their exclusive roles as wives and mother. Friedan gave the amorphous problem, and the book that described it, a name—"The Feminine Mystique"—and with it helped launch one of the most transforming social movements in modern history." — Eloise Salholz et al., Newsweek, 31 Mar. 1986 Oblivious to all the attention, the big cat calmly sashayed to a concave little hollow scooped out of an artificial granite cliff-side at the rear of her cage. There, her four sleeping, newborn cubs were nestled one atop another so tightly that they formed one amorphous lump of fur. — Jon Luoma, Audubon, November l982 an amorphous segment of society amorphous lumps of clay magically transformed by a skilled potter's hands into works of art

Recent Examples on the Web As the muscle atrophied, his flesh hung like a boneless chicken breast, the scar left amorphous and supple. — oregonlive, "From my husband’s ashes, I was able to build myself into something beautiful and new," 6 Oct. 2019 As the muscle atrophied, his flesh hung like a boneless chicken breast, the scar left amorphous and supple. — oregonlive, "From my husband’s ashes, I was able to build myself into something beautiful and new," 6 Oct. 2019 Being the new kid in 5th grade only exacerbates this vague and amorphous feeling of not-enoughness. — Dani Fleischer, Longreads, "This Is How You Lose Your Mind," 22 Nov. 2019 The crux of his claim is that SmartStudy copied him in turning a gory and amorphous old singalong into a toddler-friendly pop song; the lyrics and melodies of Mr. Wright’s and SmartStudy’s songs are not identical. — Ben Sisario, New York Times, "‘Baby Shark’ Smells Money Onstage," 15 Nov. 2019 As the muscle atrophied, his flesh hung like a boneless chicken breast, the scar left amorphous and supple. — oregonlive, "From my husband’s ashes, I was able to build myself into something beautiful and new," 6 Oct. 2019 Phone footage of the crime scene in the diner’s parking lot reveals an amorphous shape up beside a woman’s corpse. — Tom Gliatto, PEOPLE.com, "Nancy Drew Review: Spooky Series Caters to Fans of Riverdale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina," 9 Oct. 2019 As the muscle atrophied, his flesh hung like a boneless chicken breast, the scar left amorphous and supple. — oregonlive, "From my husband’s ashes, I was able to build myself into something beautiful and new," 6 Oct. 2019 As the muscle atrophied, his flesh hung like a boneless chicken breast, the scar left amorphous and supple. — al, "Alabama Marine lost his leg in Iraq and his life to painkillers," 3 Oct. 2019

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