Thesaurus results for SHOEHORN

shoehorn

verb

Definition of shoehorn

as in to cram

to fit (people or things) into a tight space the organizers of the county fair shoehorned the craft booths between the midway and the farm exhibits

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Recent Examples of shoehorn There is a tradition, here at ye olde Wordplay, of trying to shoehorn as many jokes into a single article as possible. — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 26 May 2026 Too often, modern technologies, like inter-device connectivity and artificial intelligence, are shoehorned into gadgets that would be more intuitive to use, affordable, accessible, and/or durable without them. — ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026 In the meantime, without a spot to shoehorn in a Starliner docking, NASA nailed down its plans for cargo and crew missions for the remainder of 2026. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026 The easiest thing to do would have been to shoehorn one player into Arvidsson’s spot next to Pavel Zacha and Casey Mittelstadt. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shoehorn

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The hotel is in a complex crammed with drinking and dining joints, like the Penthouse Bar & Grill on the 36th floor that offers panoramic views of the Thai capital.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
What followed was a filmography crammed with all the great leading men of her time.

— Vogue, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of cram

Verb

But the highlight of the spa is the infinity-edge rock pool, squeezed into a canyon between towering rock walls, with views out over the valley beyond.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
It’s being squeezed by all sorts of forces, commercial forces, corporate forces, political forces.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeeze

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The Ducks failed, with Tyson Ford and Jalen Woods stuffing Thomas on the one-yard line.

— Elias Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
The kitchen brings that same fruit-forward touch to the truite au crabe, stuffing butterflied trout with crabmeat and baking it in foil alongside fennel root, sweet apples and a bubbly potato gratin.

— Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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