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.
wedging
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present participleof wedge.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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So, they used their single off day on a three-city East Coast trip to make a pit stop in Washington, wedging the visit between games against the Phillies and Mets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Artificial intelligence boosters spent the year wedging the tech into our lives – whether we wanted it or not.
From Slate ● Jan. 2, 2026
Owens and her family saved the house, wedging plywood underneath the doorways during the storm and mopping up water faster than it seeped inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
"If you can, then do it because you opening that door, wedging in that door stop, means that other people can walk through after you," she added.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025
They pushed the boat up the beach, Razi wedging it safely so that it didn’t get carried back out.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
