How to Use shape in a Sentence

shape

1 of 2 verb

• The artist shaped the stone with a hammer and chisel.
• Schools shape the minds of future leaders.
• Ads help shape public opinion.
• This show will have shaped my 20s.
  — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
• Both people shape the good and the bad.
  — Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
• The window to shape it is open now.
  — Judah Taub, semafor.com, 18 Mar. 2026
• That’s what shaped my values a bit.
  — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
• Something that has shaped my life.
  — Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2026
• To shape the writer for what comes next.
  — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
• That moment shaped the next phase of the work.
  — Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
• The pressures that shaped him are not.
  — Dr. Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• But what the coach decides will shape the team’s long-term plans.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
• First, the lake is shaped like a dog’s bowl—wide and shallow.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Outside, 14 Jan. 2026
• Some things are meant to serve you, shape you, and then release you.
  — Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026
• This place helped shape me as a man, as a player, and as a coach.
  — Connor Riley, AJC.com, 15 Apr. 2026
• The next decade, shaped by AI, will be faster still.
  — Philip Martin, Fortune, 29 May 2026
• The answer may shape far more than the future of art.
  — Joseph Fowler, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
• Your belief system is what shapes the world around you.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 19 June 2026
• Ambitious projects like that may shape the city decades from now.
  — Darius Khalil Gordon, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
• One variety, hoya kerii, is even shaped like a heart.
  — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 25 Feb. 2026
• That loss shaped his humor, which became both a gift and a shield.
  — Lizzie Hyman, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
• The lessons, though not always easy, have shaped my adulthood.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
• Punch down the dough to remove all the air and shape it into a large ball.
  — Lauren Joseph, New York Times, 28 July 2023
• Here, treatments are not prescribed—they are shaped.
  — Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
• Elbow-shaped with a long first segment.
  — Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
• What’s the best way to shape their views of things such as social media?
  — CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
• No two battles unfold the same way; the fate of your team is yours to shape!
  — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 8 May 2026
• That warmth and openness will shape The Mint show.
  — Holly Alvarado, Daily News, 14 Jan. 2026
• These are the sounds the living learn to sing by, the songs that shape our seeing.
  — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
• Here’s how texture shapes your choices.
  — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025

shape

2 of 2 noun

• The pieces were sorted by size and shape.
• The cloud kept changing shape.
• The pieces came in many different sizes and shapes.
• The cake has a rectangular shape.
• I need to start exercising and get back in shape.
• The cake was rectangular in shape.
• The players were in poor condition, but the coach quickly whipped them into shape.
• She stays in shape by exercising daily and eating well.
• I'm out of shape because I haven't been exercising.
• The screen swam with shapes and lines.
  — Sarah Mlynowski, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
• There was a huge change in the shape.
  — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
• But a lot of the dams are in bad shape.
  — Katie Thornton, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
• Then a shape soared off the edge of the roof.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
• Change, of course, comes in many shapes and styles.
  — Julia Dhar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• But there's no doubt those digs were in bad shape.
  — Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
• The glossy leaves have a unique shape with pointy lobes.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
• Use the spoon to press down to form a nest shape.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
• Do six to eight reps of each shape for two to three rounds.
  — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
• Here’s how to use it to get your home in tip-top shape.
  — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 19 Feb. 2026
• This one appears to be in good shape.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2025
• Their bullpen may be in decent shape.
  — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
• That new shape is unique indeed.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• The lighthouse was in rough shape.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
• The shapes don’t have to be uniform.
  — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
• Instead, aim for a donut shape.
  — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 2 May 2026
• Those chairs are in bad shape, with sticky wheels and faulty hand brakes.
  — Sophie Neiman, NPR, 20 June 2026
• The early years are where core skills take shape.
  — Tina Dello Russo, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026
• In the image, all but one shape is green.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• Dig out the shape to a depth of about 6 to 8inches.
  — Daniel Modlin, Architectural Digest, 5 Mar. 2026
• In the image, all but one shape is the same size.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025