deformed
Example Sentences
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When many nucleons participate in these coordinated transitions, the nucleus becomes strongly deformed.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
The medical examiner retrieved a deformed metal projectile.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 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
The scorching heat melted the glass awards her daughter had received for her theater performances, leaving behind deformed globs of crystal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025
The fog blew through the faceless vagueness of its head, yet it was shaped like a man, only deformed and changing, like a man’s shadow.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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