formless

Example Sentences

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In contrast to the article’s portrait of a formless contest, recent polling portrays a race that is becoming more structured.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

There’s a wicked irony in micromanaging your entire life on Earth only to croak and have your soul potentially jettisoned to some formless state of being, entirely unknown to mere mortals.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025

The arias and duets, which are almost always slowly paced and formless, lack that visceral, theatrical punch and do not musically distinguish one character from another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 23, 2025

The defining complaint about the sacked Dutchman was that after two-and-a-bit seasons the football was still formless and the tactical direction indecipherable.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

There followed more formless time for the cousins.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan