warp
verb (used with object)
to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.
are warping
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present progressiveof warp.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Our floorboards are lifted because of the water. Our walls are warping; our drawers in our kitchen, they don’t even open anymore,” said Navarro, who lives not far from Pryor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Those are called “sunk costs,” and they are warping your decision-making.
From Reuters ● Oct. 28, 2022
Future Tense Fiction The pandemic and subsequent quarantine are warping celebrity culture in fascinating ways.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2020
The prerogatives of the comic book are warping the properties of movie stardom.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2016
The mistreatment of the material in this respect results in numerous defects, chief among which are warping and twisting, checking, case-hardening, and honeycombing, or, as sometimes called, hollow-horning.
From Seasoning of Wood by J. B. (Joseph Bernard) Wagner
