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.
was wedging
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past progressiveof wedge.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A man was wedging his heavily booted foot between the door and the glass wall.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Bit by bit I was wedging nearer the door.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
In fact, he was willing to make a speech, as the crowd into which he was wedging his team grew denser and denser.
From Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction by Joel Chandler Harris
Birkdale was about to urge Billy to renewed effort, when something the boy was wedging in among his evil words caught his attention.
From Joyce of the North Woods by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
