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How to use deformed in a sentence

16 example sentences · adjective

Deformed means unusual of shape; misshapen. Example: “Most foreland fold and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.”

Examples of deformed by meaning

adjectiveUnusual of shape; misshapen.

  • Most foreland fold and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.1980, B. C. Burchfiel, “Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts—Review”, in AAPG Bulletin, volume 64, number 5, American Association of Petroleum...

More sentences with deformed

  • On CT scan, a deformed right femoral head with postpinning defect, articular changes, and subluxation was visualized.2015 June 3, Nagmani Singh et al., “External Iliac Artery-Appendicular Fistula due to Antegrade Unusual Migration of K-Wire from Hip to…. From the entry postpinning
  • The specimens of type 1 were deformed by fault formation with characteristic spasmodicality on the compression curve.1991, Soviet Physics: Crystallography, volume 35, New York, N.Y.: American Institute of Physics, →ISSN, page 879, column 2. From the entry spasmodicality
  • Carefully the child tried to cover her deformed leg under her skirted pyjamas.1979, Qurratulain Hyder, A Woman’s Life, Chetana Publications. From the entry skirted
  • The overlying islandward "wall" of the trench is made of an imbricated thrust mass of deformed sediments.1973, Xavier Le Pichon, Jean Francheteau, Jean Bonnin, “Processes at consuming plate boundaries” (chapter 7), in Developments In…. From the entry islandward
  • As a result many became permanently deformed and were cast aside.1958, Edgar Snow, Journey to the Beginning, New York: Random House, →OCLC, page 53. From the entry Kochiu
  • What kind of deformed party will such a dynamic produce?2021 May 4, Thomas L. Friedman, “Trump’s Big Lie Devoured the G.O.P. and Now Eyes Our Democracy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived…. From the entry bald-faced
  • Materials that can be deformed by photoirradiation are not unknown, but generally consist of polymer films and gels and are rather slow-acting.2007 April 17, Henry Fountain, “In Arctic Foxes, Clues to Effects of Shrinking Habitat”, in New York Times. From the entry photoirradiation
  • Forty years ago the crumpled and complex Mobile Belt of Newfoundland would have been considered a typical result of a deformed geosyncline.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 173. From the entry geosyncline
  • In the Wangjiashan section, proximal to the plateau, sedimentary rocks are deformed and lacustrine deposition is much more frequently interrupted by fluvial deposits.2003 September 10, David L. Dettman, Xiaomin Fang, Carmala N. Garzione, Jijun Li, “Uplift-driven climate change at 12 Ma: a long δ¹⁸O…. From the entry uncomformable
  • A piece of equipment (e.g., a sport surface or a diving board) stores energy when deformed and releases this energy when the deformation restores.2000, Benno Maurus Nigg, Biomechanics and Biology of Movement, page 54. From the entry diving board
  • Each of them is nursing a baby, all the babies are ten weeks old, and all those belonging to shaven mothers are deformed.1948 August, Aldous Huxley, “The Script”, in Ape and Essence, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC. From the entry supernumerary
  • A theme is stated, then developed, pushed out of shape, imperceptibly deformed, until, though still recognizably the same, it has become quite different.1928, Aldous Huxley, “XXII: From Philip Quarles’s Notebook”, in Point Counter Point, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 408. From the entry modulation
  • Another Southerner argued that "commerce has no social illusions" and that it would be commerce that would rid the region of "this historic, red-handed, deformed, and swaggering villain."1991 October, Edward L. Ayers, “Legacy of violence”, in American Heritage, volume 42, number 6, page 102. From the entry red-handed
  • Insignificant or deformed, earthy or apoplectic, with bilious or blotched faces, blue when shaved, marked with deep wrinkles, rough wild hair, muscular, hairy arms did not charm her.1901, F.C. de Sumichrast, The Complete Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 6 (IV), Bigelow, Smith and Company, page 44. From the entry hyperdiabolical
  • The woman's bones were deformed and covered in coarse growths, the result of an agonizing condition called hypervitaminosis A, which can only come from eating the liver of a carnivore.2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 398. From the entry hypervitaminosis

Meaning of deformed

  1. adjective Unusual of shape; misshapen.

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Questions about deformed in a sentence

How do you use deformed in a sentence?
Deformed is used as an adjective. For example: “Most foreland fold and thrust belts are linear or arcuate belts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenic belt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.”
What is a short sentence with deformed?
“What kind of deformed party will such a dynamic produce?”
What does deformed mean?
Deformed means unusual of shape; misshapen.

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