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'.
(..) Bilbo Baggins of the Shire. A ring. Lost! My precious is lost! For the time will soon come... ... when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all. Rivendell The nd day of September... ...in the year ... Hobbiton ...by Shire-reckoning. (..)2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring