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

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 O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)

When I reached Paris, I could almost have wedged myself into the scabbard of my sword.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Lever, Charles James