shoehorn

Example Sentences

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It is hard to shoehorn this spectacle of mass-integration, this enforced loss of crowns and kingdoms, into the idea of partition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

"These subjects are not the easiest to shoehorn into a three-and-a-half minute song," says Lorde.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

But longtime “Wicked” fans will notice that the movie doesn’t drastically shoehorn any part of the narrative.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

Galveston’s lawyers, though, say the Black and Latino populations are too dispersed to shoehorn in a specific district for them.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2023

I looked at myself in his metal shoehorn.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer