wedged

[wejd]

adjective

1. having the shape of a wedge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wedged¹

First recorded in 1545–55; wedge + -ed ³

Example Sentences

And so, both men are uncomfortably wedged between their party and their neighborhood; between an establishment trying to survive and a younger generation restless to seize power.

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Several official-looking signs have popped up across Chelmsford over the past 18 months, with the latest poking fun at double decker bus drivers after one vehicle became wedged recently.

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It was a common scene in the slums of the Cambodian capital: warrens of huts wedged between garbage-strewn streets; tiny children begging for food at nearly every corner.

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The most recent democratic reversal is in Nepal, a landlocked Himalayan nation of some 30 million wedged between India and China.

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“The goat was very wedged down in there,” said Cal Fire Engineer Jason Robertson.

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