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

She pulls at it, and then tries to lift the window again, but the cloth has wedged it in, and she cannot stir it.

From The Parlor Car by Howells, William Dean