warp
verb (used with object)
to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.
has warped
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present perfectof warp (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It’s part of the current yen for movies that erect a flimsy hall of mirrors around a female icon to reflect how pop culture has warped their image.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
In the 10 years since the first season of “True Detective” premiered, our definition of prestige television has warped, fractured and smoothed out again, many would say to the medium’s detriment.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2024
Still, a portion of older individuals who commit crimes because a neurodegenerative disorder has warped their sense of acceptable behavior do end up incarcerated.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023
The stories represent a fragment of decades of press coverage that Harry says has warped his life and those of his friends and loved ones.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Not only that, but the effort to redeem him has warped and twisted him into a cunning and revengeful creature; all malice and no honor.
From Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England by Charles Clark Munn
