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
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