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
When I reached Paris, I could almost have wedged myself into the scabbard of my sword.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Charles James Lever
The theater was filled to the uppermost galleries; you could not have wedged in another person.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
