How to Use reshape in a Sentence

reshape

verb
Definition of reshapenext
Synonyms for reshapenext
  • He reshaped the plot of his story.
  • The body of the car was reshaped to allow for more cargo space.
  • These changes will reshape the future.
  • The Law and Justice party tried to reshape the country via the arts.
    — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Kids can endlessly shape and reshape them with no noise and no mess.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The company is flying in the face of a trend that has reshaped retail shopping over the past two decades.
    — Joanne Kaufman, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Tulare Lake’s rebirth will reshape life in the San Joaquin Valley for years to come.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
  • Her body of work reveals how the injuries of the past can be renamed and reshaped by those who keep on living.
    — Imani Perry, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Gather scraps, reshape them, and pat them out to a ¾-inch thickness; cut out biscuits.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The war in Ukraine, meanwhile, has reshaped the global trade in energy and food.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Six Flags and Knott’s Berry Farm owners to merge, reshaping the theme park landscape in mega-deal.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Dawson broke off parts of the orangutan mandible that would reveal a poor fit with the human skull, and reshaped the teeth with a metal file.
    — Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
  • But even as the threat has faded, the pandemic has reshaped life for many Americans.
    — Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • With the help of Murdoch’s own media machine, Trump reshaped the party in his image.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 17 July 2023
  • The move reflects just how rapidly the Hamas massacre in Israel has reshaped U.S. relations in the region.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Push a button, stand back, and let the robot completely reshape your landscape.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Gathered below are images from recent weeks, showing a region reshaped by a year and a half of war.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Has the pandemic reshaped your thinking about the work in office/at home dynamic?
    — Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Streaming, superheroes and corporate takeovers have reshaped the film industry, and the 40-foot screen has shrunk, for many, to a glimmer in the hand.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Hugh Freeze has worked diligently to reshape Auburn’s roster since taking over as head coach at the end of November.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 10 May 2023
  • The basic iron or brass bed design has been reshaped it into exciting new forms.
    — Vicki Payne, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The entire sport was reshaped in a flurry of moves last week, and the once-iconic Pac-12 conference was swallowed up by the seismic shift of allegiances.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Each year, Medicare will add drugs to its low-cost shopping list, reshaping how medications are made and sold in the U.S. drug market.
    — John Tozz and Nacha Cattan Bloomberg News (tns), Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Having reshaped the courts, Leo now has grander ambitions.
    — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Melting a large portion of that ice sheet would reshape coastlines and societies in a process that would take hundreds or perhaps thousands of years.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • In the 21st, electric motors and automation are reshaping the way stuff and people get around.
    — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Gathered below are images from recent months, showing a region reshaped by two years of war.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In 1871, the Fisk University singers embarked on a tour that introduced white Americans to a Black sound that would reshape the nation.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Even the blurry glimpses of the proton attained so far have gently reshaped researchers’ understanding of the particle.
    — Quanta Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • That, in turn, opens the door for new technology to reshape the agents’ role, as people in other jobs — from the world of finance to travel — have already experienced.
    — John Towfighi, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024

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