shoehorn
noun
shoehorns
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pluralof shoehorn.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Anthropic's advertisement broadcast during last week's Super Bowl showed a man asking advice from a conversational AI, which then shoehorns advertising copy for a dating site into its otherwise relevant response.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
This has been a quality year — ergo, the following list, presented in random order, shoehorns 18 series into 10 more or less themed slots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
It is a shame the film shoehorns so much of the book into two hours.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2022
And so the film shoehorns in an almost admirably ludicrous explanation for her lack of regard for canine lives, which is to depict a trio of Dalmatians pushing her mother off a balcony.
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2021
But Montross’s typically formidable narrative skills sometimes go awry, most notably when she shoehorns herself and her family into the story.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
