How to Use warped in a Sentence

warped

adjective
  • Our galaxy is among this warped group.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In many places, piles of nails and the warped husks of cars were all that remained.
    — John Vaillant, Time, 7 June 2023
  • Avoid using thin or warped pans, which just won't give you those same results.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
  • But the idea of young people being prudish now is so warped to me.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Or due to an all-too-real but nonetheless warped sense of need.
    — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
  • Wing adds that warped bottoms are another red flag.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The parts that were once sexualized by the male gaze are warped and placed on the head.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Such was the warped genius that ran amok on the radio and the pop charts for a few brief years back then.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The false front of a saloon still stood, with an alder tree growing through its warped timbers.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The middle of the lid was a little warped from the hit, but the hinges still worked and the body held strong.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 28 Sep. 2024
  • But on the downside, the images will appear in black and white and can come off as grainy or warped.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Over time, the image of Michael Jackson gets changed, warped.
    — Christine Dolen, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Sometimes the drum gets damaged, or the tub becomes warped and must be replaced.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
  • If the wing takes the wrong shape, that flow becomes warped into spirals and vortices.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2011
  • Outside, potholes pocked the parking lot and deep splits formed in warped sidewalks.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
  • More likely, someone will trip over a warped floorboard or fall through one that’s rotted out.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
  • Moments later, blue strobes flashed, warped guitar rang out and pounding drums clanged.
    — Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Observations show the disk of our galaxy is not flat but warped and waving.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Sparkler galaxy is shown as a warped orange line surrounded by spots of light.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2023
  • But everything Manchester does is linked to his warped sense of what makes a man a man.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The window is difficult to open or close, suggesting a warped frame.
    — Brittany Nims, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Shorts, cargo pants and beards don’t come close to sending the warped message that cops covered in tattoos do.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Apr. 2024
  • If it’s bowed or warped, whole sections of the materials won’t connect.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2024
  • And there does seem to be a sense of warped affection for the fellow family-outsider.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023
  • The reflection gives a warped view of part of the station behind Pettit.
    — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Broken, warped, or hanging gutters can be a sign that the gutters need cleaning and repair.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Watch for soft spots on floors, uneven or sloping flooring, cracks in walls and warped materials.
    — Ryan Brennan may 8, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
  • How did the internet’s early ideals of truth and democracy become so warped?
    — Graham Hacia, Wired, 9 Nov. 2021
  • By then, Haddish had developed a warped sense of self-worth that dogged her into adulthood.
    — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
  • All the while the wind howled without remorse, coercing the leafless limbs of maples and oaks into a kind of warped dance.
    — Hazlitt, 9 Dec. 2024

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