Example Sentences

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Ms. Twenge was the first to document the degree to which devices and social media were shaping the children and teens of the early-2000s into a distinct, unhappy generation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Demand for advice was so keen that one lawyer, who declined to be identified, said his firm last month held its first client-only seminar on Russia, China and how geopolitics were shaping sanctions and compliance.

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2023

When you and I were shaping some of the language of “This House,” there was a character whose voice I was struggling with.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

“And it shaped who they were, and they were shaping who they were in real time.”

From Seattle Times • May 3, 2022

Venus was pleased at the way matters were shaping.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton