deformed

Example Sentences

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The medical examiner retrieved a deformed metal projectile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

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

However, exposure to high levels can result in brittle hair, deformed nails and neurological effects.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

He shuddered at the description of the tailor Petrovich’s big toe, “with its deformed nail as thick and hard as the shell of a tortoise.”

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri