Another newspaper has stopped publication. Is this the 'shape of things to come' in the newspaper business? [=is this what the future of the newspaper business is going to be like?]
She has had quite a few glasses of wine and is 'in' no 'shape' to drive. [=she shouldn't drive because she has drunk too much wine]
The players were in poor condition, but the coach quickly 'whipped/licked/knocked/got them into shape'.
(..) ..which disappeared in . About that time old Louis lost everything, from the neck up. The theory goes that the Crown Diamond was chopped, too. Recut into a heart shape that became known as ''The Heart of the Ocean''. Today it'd be worth more than the Hope Diamond. lt was a dreadful, heavy thing. (..)1997 Titanic