deform

Example Sentences

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"Without atom motion you have a hard time having the material be able to deform and return," says Dr Padula.

From BBC • May 12, 2025

I love this quote by Ntozake Shange: “i cant count the number of times i have viscerally wanted to attack deform n maim the language that i was taught to hate myself in.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

Polymer networks with more crosslinks are stiffer, but they don't have the same freedom to deform, and they break easily when stretched.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

At very high exposures, fluoride can also weaken and deform bones.

From Salon • May 7, 2024

He felt naked, transparent; he felt that this white man, having helped to put him down, having helped to deform him, held him up now to look at him and be amused.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright