Sentence Examples

1. He shaped, sanded, and varnished it himself, even leaving some burnt edges scalloped and slanted to lend it an old-world charm.
2. I then took opportunities of conveying by night, to a retired situation east of Rotterdam, five iron-bound casks, to contain about fifty gallons each, and one of a larger size six tinned ware tubes, three inches in diameter, properly shaped, and ten feet in length a quantity of a particular metallic substance, or semi-metal, which I shall not name, and a dozen demijohns of a very common acid.
3. The big bandage was gone, replaced by a small square of gauze, but my hair was still shaped like a turban.
4. There, they constructed great longships, shaped to cut through the waters.
5. The guard, who was shaped somewhat like a pigeon with a potbelly and skinny neck, eyed the group suspiciously.
6. From behind the huge bulk of one of those sharply-defined masses of cloud already mentioned, was seen slowly to emerge into an open area of blue space, a queer, heterogeneous, but apparently solid substance, so oddly shaped, so whimsically put together, as not to be in any manner comprehended, and never to be sufficiently admired, by the host of sturdy burghers who stood open-mouthed below.
7. They owned a large business, in one of the biggest skyscrapers in the city, shaped like a double helix.
8. The rudder was a light frame of cane covered with silk, shaped somewhat like a battle-door, and was about three feet long, and at the widest, one foot.
9. It was shaped like a remote control but had only one switch, and I could feel the static charge as I tucked it into my pocket.
10. His boyish, heart shaped face appeared innocent and his chocolate brown eyes looked like they always sparkled with amusement.