The phrase "form a shape" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is most often used when describing the way something looks or is structured. One example of using this phrase could be in a description of a sculpture: "The artist expertly used the clay to form a shape that resembled a bird in flight."
The marks seemed to form a shape that reminded him of something, but he couldn't think what it was.
Its six terraced levels form a shape that was further refined by the king's descendants, who constructed the classic pyramids.
Join point D and point E with a gentle curved line to form a shape as shown in fig C. 6.
If you've ever seen the constellation of Sagittarius in the sky, the constellation stars form a shape like a teapot, and the "wow" signal came from a region to the east of the handle of the teapot.
The audience were guided into a dark black tent buried deep in the Grand Palais and, 27 minutes after the appointed start time, darkness turned to pitch black and the flat black panels of the roof tilted on their hinges to form a shape akin to a church; speakers descended, and the music began to throb.
The third is localisation, which means it can agree a system of co-ordinates with its neighbours, so that they can measure distances between themselves.To form a shape, each 'bot is told what the desired outcome is, and four which act as "seeds"—are also informed of their starting-points.
In three dimensions, this aptamer forms a shape which can bind tightly to its protein target.
In FFF printers, a narrow, coloured filament — typically plastic wire — is heated and extruded, forming a shape a layer at a time.
The ideal Ankole, Mugira told me, has a lustrous brown coat and gleaming horns that curve out and then inward, forming a shape like a lyre.
The next step is forming a shape to your week that carves out time for each bucket.
