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

"The glass windows in our homes were shattered, aluminum window frames were deformed, and even the stainless-steel doors were twisted out of shape," she said.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

When the metal is deformed, dislocations twist and shift, nudging nearby atoms into preferred positions.

From Science Daily • Oct. 14, 2025

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

Each time Pac-Man died on this final maze, the nine hidden dots reappeared on the deformed right half of the screen.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline