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.
has wedged
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present perfectof wedge (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This 60-something man has wedged himself between a young married couple and is taking over their lives.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2019
Christopher Astley has wedged cubes of cast polyester resin into a crevice between trunks; Peter Coffin, also using brightly colored resin, has painted the tips of the branches on a dead tree.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2013
Wilson was considered the Seahawks' future when the team drafted him in April, and now he has wedged himself into the present.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2012
“O.K., let’s see,” said Mr. Gellner, counting off just how many two-wheelers he has wedged into the apartment.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2011
I know how that fatal idea has wedged itself in your brain—but if you try—if you persist—you will overcome it.
From The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
