“maintain shape” is a correct and common phrase in written English.
It means to keep or preserve the form or structure of something. It can be used in various contexts, such as when talking about physical objects, ideas or concepts. Here is an example: "The bridge was constructed with durable materials to maintain its shape even under harsh weather conditions."
When City consciously tried to maintain shape in midfield, Fenton threatened.
A steel ring is fastened at the end of the net to maintain shape.
James, by contrast, struggled to maintain shape when his team fell behind and committed the cardinal sin, on three occasions, of showing indecision and allowing the Leinster back-rowers to turn him over in the tackle.
Tensegrities consist of disjoint struts connected by tensile strings which maintain shape due to pre-stress stability.
Bioengineered soft tissue grafts are only clinically meaningful if they are vascularized, maintain shape and dimensions, and remodel with the host.
Examination reveals that the shape priors helped to maintain shape regularity and properly delineate the left ventricular endocardial lining, despite being disrupted by the speckle noise, artifacts, and valves movements.
At all retrieval times, samples maintained shape and contained regions of distinct tissue formation.
Furthermore, results were improved by using primitive shapes, which helped overcome the inherent difficulties in segmenting echocardiographic images, by maintaining shape regularity.
In parallel, we have developed suitable joints to join multiple elements to facilitate upscaling in length and width while maintaining shape-change.
"When we keep something in shape, we maintain its shape — whether we are proud of that shape, or not, is another matter — we keep it from falling apart".
While you might be in good shape, you continue going to maintain that shape.
