in the shape of

phrase

1

: shaped like

a cookie in the shape of a heart

2

—used to indicate the type of thing that is being described, thought of, etc.

They offered help in the shape of a loan.

Examples of in the shape of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The booth is arranged in the shape of the letter X, with two blue paintings on either side, a gray painting in the middle, and two others on the other side. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

The crew had bulldozed a 70-foot swath through the Las Playas Intaglio, a 200-foot long earthen etching in the shape of a fish that was at least 6,500 years old. — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2026

That is the logline that greets chefs daring to take on Warner’s 100 Cooks, which found its perfect American host in the shape of Terry Crews. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

There are seagull puppets, a tandem bicycle, an oil stain in the shape of a rabbit, a meteorite. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for in the shape of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove