out of shape
Example Sentences
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With plans twisted out of shape, and under stress and scrutiny, they won all the same.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Cole remembers him being so out of shape that he needed a water break after the first play of the game.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026
In a couple of weeks Cooper Jr.’s catch will be poorly “recreated” at Thanksgiving touch football games by out of shape goofballs like me who have no business playing any football.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
Both teams have repeatedly asked for the ball to be changed because it has gone soft and out of shape.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025
The world around me and my past seem far away and distorted, as if time and space were taffy being stretched and looped and twisted out of shape.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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