Sentence examples for losing shape from inspiring English sources

Larkin's poem "Maiden Name" concludes that the old name "shelters our faithfulness, / Instead of losing shape and meaning less / With your depreciating luggage laden".

And the novel pretty much explodes towards the end, losing shape in its fury at the dirty, unfair England that we Muggles have made for ourselves.

While other berries melt and fall apart when heat is applied, the blueberry puffs up and stiffens, and if the heat is steady, they sometimes pop and wilt, never dissolving, just losing shape like a dead tire.

The tenth poem, "Maiden Name," returns to the mode of apostrophe, addressing in courtly fashion a woman who could be the object of the opening poem; she is charged this time with abandoning her maiden name, which still "shelters our faithfulness, / Instead of losing shape and meaning less / With your depreciating luggage laden".

The novel pretty much explodes towards the end, losing shape in its fury at the dirty, unfair England that we Muggles have made for ourselves.

In other words, it can stretch much further before breaking or losing shape.

And although FRCs proved more stable than other ways of confining plasma, the ring-shaped plasma did tend to tilt or lose shape, causing it hit the tube wall and disintegrate.

Tony is so upset, his sentences start to lose shape.

What a pity that he fills it with so much detail that the picture loses shape.

I went to the gym to make sure I didn't lose shape, because I hardly trained [with the team].

As fitness improves, so the demands on forwards change, not least because defences cannot be relied upon to lose shape as they become exhausted.