wedge
noun
a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer.
had wedged
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past perfectof wedge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had wedged himself against a tree to avoid sliding and suffering major injuries.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
In that case, big ice lumps had wedged under a bridge and had to be dislodged by a crane, according to a New York Times article about the event.
From The Verge ● Jan. 12, 2018
And at one point it looked as if Breyer and Justice Anthony Kennedy, seated on her right, had wedged her in between them to keep her upright.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2013
He had wedged me into a busy schedule: 10 straight days of birding tours.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2011
He stooped over the metal tray containing the letterpress blocks and studied them closely, tapping to make sure that I had wedged each block firmly in place.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
