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
I'm a big Marcus Smith fan but there is no room to shoehorn people in at international level.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025
Scott, as usual, also needs to shoehorn meaning that he doesn't know how to produce and erase history that he doesn't know how to replace.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024
The sort of films that I feel capable of making, I don’t think I’d be particularly good at trying to shoehorn into something more sensible.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024
"That guy David from Rahway? He ever killed anybody with that shoehorn?"
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
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