wedging
- present participle of wedge.
Example Sentences
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Wedging himself between Dickie and Marge, he becomes obsessed — an obsession in which the lines between befriending Dickie, sponging off Dickie and becoming Dickie are progressively erased.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
Wedging yourself into the bar for a preflight drink and burger and not having to shove your suitcase between stools.
From Slate • Aug. 11, 2023
Wedging the two blue squares into two diagonally opposite corners of the red square produces a new shape.
From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2021
Wedging his shoulders inside the entrance to the cave, he used his feet to propel his hand and the shirt as deep into the cave as he could.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
Wedging an extra phrase into a tree is just one of the ways in which a subject can be separated from its verb.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
