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.
have wedged
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present perfectof wedge.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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Repeat with your other limbs until you have wedged yourself between the two walls.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
They fish out random sticks or debris that might have wedged over time into the wellbore — the vertical shaft that is drilled to extract oil and gas.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Writer Catherine Johnson and director Phyllida Lloyd have wedged Abba hits like Dancing Queen, Take a Chance on Me and Money, Money, Money into every nook of the story with a wink and a grin.
From Time Magazine Archive
One or two have wedged their way in and others will follow in time.
From Ancestors A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Living, Isador Framberg might never have wedged into the affairs of nations and the destinies of James Thorold.
From The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
