deformed

Example Sentences

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They have been shaped, but not deformed, by military service.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

When many nucleons participate in these coordinated transitions, the nucleus becomes strongly deformed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Sun, however, had a problem: a deformed finger that slowed him down and drew the ire of his overseers.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

Further investigation revealed that eight frames, the ribs of the ship's structural skeleton, were deformed and that more steel replacement was required.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

It was a risk, you could have been deformed or something.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood