Event-shape variables, which are sensitive to perturbative and nonperturbative aspects of quantum chromodynamic (QCD) interactions, are studied in multijet events recorded in proton-proton collisions at square root s=7 TeV. Events are selected with at least one jet with transverse momentum pT greater than 110 GeV and pseudorapidity bar eta bar less than 2.4, in a data sample corresponding to integrated luminosities of up to 5fb(sub -1). The distributions of five event-shape variables in various leading jet pT ranges are compared to predictions from different QCD Monte Carlo even generators.