star-shaped
AmericanEtymology
Origin of star-shaped
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Others took a more simple do-it-yourself approach, taping their cards between two star-shaped pieces of paper.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
The blue Luma doesn’t appear during the main story of “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” but the star-shaped creature steals the mid-credits scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
They include Lumas - glowing star-shaped characters that players encounter throughout the game.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
At Socrates, examples include “A Sea In-MOTION,” a star-shaped assemblage of bamboo fences by the Pioneers Go East Collective; and Natalia Nakazawa’s part-buckyball, part-yurt “Dome Cartographies.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
His face, however, was the most distinctive: his left cheek was marked with a row of four star-shaped scars, white and puckered around the edges.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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