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How to use warped in a sentence

26 example sentences · adjective

Warped means distorted by warping; twisted out of shape. Example: “Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced.”

Examples of warped by meaning

adjectiveOf a person's mind, attitudes, etc, perverse, strange, aberrant or deviant.

  • a warped sense of humour

More sentences with warped

  • Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced.From the entry warp
  • The trauma had permanently warped her mind.From the entry warp
  • On its evanescent surface, the image of a Cthulhian nightmare warped in and out of view.2014, Katina French, Whiskey on the Rocks, page 35. From the entry Cthulhian
  • "If they're real, then Nature there is warped, no doubt by oppressive dampness and heat."2006, Wendel Messer, The Conquest of Canada: A Novel of Discovery, Gravenhurst, O.N.: Breller Books, →ISBN, page 27. From the entry concoct
  • "Wobbling" is shaking a warped Masonite board to produce bizarre rhythmic sounds.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry masonite
  • A contact lens may become scratched, chipped, discolored, contaminated, coated, warped, or desiccated.1985, David D. Michaels, Visual Optics and Refraction: A Clinical Approach, →ISBN, page 576. From the entry rockabye
  • A black wooden toy windmill on a stick meant for a scare-the-birds was warped and immovable.1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 22. From the entry scare-the-birds
  • Then she woofed it, warped it, and loomed it into cloth.1936–1938, W. W. Dixon, quoting Dan Smith, “Dan Smith: Ex-slave 75 Years [Project #1655]”, in Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery…. From the entry woof
  • But we have been educated, by a warped system, to believe that food is cheap as of right.2023 June 10, Tim Hayward, “The pie’s the limit”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry sticker shock
  • What warped ideology, what distorted belief system, what bitter life experience had brought him to this fateful tipping point?2017 August 20, “The Observer view on the attacks in Spain”, in The Observer. From the entry rev
  • Even Kindergärtners know better than to use warped tools.2008 February 29, kk, “Re: why relativists just can't handle the truth?”, in sci.physics (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Sep 2025. From the entry kindergärtner
  • In some kind of warped hometown loyalty, sometime during the conversation folks would stake their claim to owning the bottom.2007, Cora Daniels, Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless, page 11. From the entry ghetto
  • Somehow, in this eerie age of unhistory, the whole meaning and purpose of life has been twisted around, warped and distorted.1971, Mortimer Lipsky, Never Again War: The Case for World Government, page 168. From the entry unhistory
  • They slipslopped and spilled over, some of their contents trickling back into the room, under the warped edge of the door.1938, Emerson Waldman -, The Land is Large, page 109. From the entry slipslop
  • Elmo's Fire, and what had been pitched as a typical puff piece quickly warped into a scathing portrayal that soon became scandalous.2019, Bret Easton Ellis, White, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN. From the entry puff piece
  • Perhaps the wood had warped too much during the monsoon, I thought, and the lid of the old box-bed did not fit properly.2013, Ruskin Bond, Tales of Fosterganj, →ISBN. From the entry box-bed
  • These Islamic headcutters in headscarves are so warped, they consider beheadings nothing more than a Kodak moment to share with friends, followers, and foes alike.2005, Michael Savage, Liberalism is a mental disorder: Savage solutions. From the entry Kodak moment
  • The anti-paedophilia cranks have succeeded in forcing their warped view on so much of the world that a quick return to common sense is impossible.2002 April 25, Moufang Loop, “The May-September Affair”, in alt.abuse.recovery (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025. From the entry paedophilephobia
  • Sure, Scorpio is portrayed as the most vicious, perverted, warped monster we can imagine — but that’s part of the same stacked deck.1971, Roger Ebert, “Dirty Harry”, in Chicago Sun-Times. From the entry fascist
  • All of the other Celestial buildings can be warped in anywhere that has a Cascade Field, which is generated by the Arcship itself and most Celestial ground structures.2024 June 9, Leana Hafer, “Stormgate: Celestials Faction Hands-On Preview”, in IGN, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2024. From the entry arcship
  • One way Jeremy approached that was purely procedural — he got in there and digitally grabbed the Brain Bug’s flesh and warped it all over the place.2013 March 4, “Phil Tippett – Monster Legacy”, in MonsterLegacy.net, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2023. From the entry blorph
  • My sponsor, when I present him with a nagging problem (usually trivial, although blown out of proportion in my warped mind), invariably replies, "Lou, that's a Cadillac problem.2011, Louis Teresi, Hijacking the Brain, page 197. From the entry Cadillac problem
  • Well-known texts such as those of the Roman Catholic Mass and certain Latin hymns were all warped to encompass the secular and satirical purposes of the Goliards.2008, Thomas Ingoldsby, edited by G. A. R. Hamilton, Introductory: The Ingoldsby Legends and Emopire: The Ingoldsby Legends, page xiii. From the entry goliard
  • In the case of documentaries, our thinking tends to be less warped and biased, if only because the auteurist sensibility has never been too comfortable outside of fiction.1988 February 5, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Process of Illumination”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry auteurist
  • The beginner may be confused by old hands learnedly discussing the rival merits of monohedron and warped bottoms, so this matter will be cleared up first.1961, John Teal, Fast Boats; a Guide to Speed Under Sail and Power, page 34. From the entry monohedron

Meaning of warped

  1. adjective Distorted by warping; twisted out of shape.
  2. adjective Of a person's mind, attitudes, etc, perverse, strange, aberrant or deviant.

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Questions about warped in a sentence

How do you use warped in a sentence?
Warped is used as an adjective. For example: “Over the years the post had warped and checked and needed to be replaced.”
What is a short sentence with warped?
“a warped sense of humour”
What does warped mean?
Warped means distorted by warping; twisted out of shape.

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