How to Use reshape in a Sentence

reshape

verb
  • 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.
  • If the tips of the branches died back due to the cold, trim and reshape the plant to correct the damage.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Black Film Archive is meant to evolve, to reshape to fit the needs of Black folks.
    — Robert Daniels, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Miller threw so much at the wall that what stuck was enough to reshape the system.
    — Felipe De La Hoz, The New Republic, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Any new leaps could reshape the future for this virus, and for us.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 June 2022
  • But the move proved that Bjork isn’t afraid to make big moves to reshape his coaching staff.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 23 May 2021
  • The Law and Justice party tried to reshape the country via the arts.
    — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The Middle Fork was reshaped by the gold rush of the 1800s, which was apparent throughout the trip.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
  • Solar and wind farms are only the latest force to reshape the West.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The flap is pulled back, and the physician uses a laser to reshape the corneal tissues as needed.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Next, that flap is peeled back so a different laser can reshape the cornea.
    — Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Castillo wants to reshape what preschool should look like.
    — Latrice Williams, ajc, 1 May 2022
  • Kids can endlessly shape and reshape them with no noise and no mess.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
  • That has the potential to reshape the industry for years to come.
    — Arielle Pardes, Wired, 20 Aug. 2021
  • For Lowe and Bassett, though, the Murphy shows have offered them chances to reshape a genre from Day 1.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Studies show that new practices have the potential to reshape nerve cells and change the way your brain works.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Pacheco says their new contract has already reshaped her day-to-day life.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Gather scraps, reshape them, and pat them out to a ¾-inch thickness; cut out biscuits.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • That base now seeks, through Mr. Biden, to reshape the economy and society for years to come.
    — Greg Ip, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Then blot with a towel, reshape the underwear and either hang or lay it flat to dry.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 18 May 2022
  • The meeting in Egypt this week raised the question of whether the fallout from the war in Ukraine will reshape the region’s alliances in a more lasting way.
    — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The war in Ukraine, meanwhile, has reshaped the global trade in energy and food.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Welcome back to college football, and for the first time in a long time, the sport didn’t reshape itself in the offseason.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Channel 5 renewed the show for a second season last month, which will chronicle the family’s efforts to reshape their new world from Hardacre Hall.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
  • This would potentially give him the ability to reshape the Federal Open Market Committee and gain more influence over interest rate decisions.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025

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