Synonyms for shoehorn

Synonyms: Verb

Examples of shoehorn in a Sentence

Verb A parking garage has been shoehorned between the buildings. She's trying to shoehorn a year's worth of classes into a single semester. I don't know how they managed to shoehorn everyone into that little room.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Match your belt to your shoehorn, which should dangle from a gauge in your earlobe. — Colin Stokes, The New Yorker, "Style Rules You Must Never Break," 20 Apr. 2020 But the weapons in our bedroom were limited to a shoehorn, a flattening iron and a stack of hardcover books. — John Kelly, Washington Post, "I thought I was alone in the house, then I heard a bump. Or did I?," 1 July 2018 But this documentary feature is fascinating and infuriating in unequal parts, the latter far outweighing the former, since Mr. Jarecki’s instrument is a shoehorn. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, "‘The King’ Review: A Documentary That’s All Shook Up," 28 June 2018 In the closet was a cane-size shoehorn topped with a silver dog’s head, Tom Wolfe-style. — Anthony Flint, BostonGlobe.com, "In the lap of luxury in Lenox, at the reborn Blantyre," 6 June 2018 Students used shoehorns and grapefruit knives to detach screens and squirm out windows, or stumbled out a basement exit into the stabbing cold. — New York Times, "Never Solved, a College Dorm Fire Has Become One Man’s Obsession," 13 Apr. 2018 But what makes this shoehorn special is its length—30 inches—which allows its 6-foot 3-inch owner to put on the snuggest of loafers without sitting or bending down. — Clifton Leaf, Fortune, "The Quest for Intuitive Design," 22 Dec. 2017 In between, the show shoehorns social media into as many segments as possible, with sometimes-cringeworthy results. — Maeve Mcdermott, USA TODAY, "Here's why MTV's 'TRL' reboot is totally, really lame," 11 Oct. 2017 The Polynesian-themed bash shoehorns tropical drinks, Tiki art, surf rock, go-go dancers and an assorted of things for sale into one flea market. — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, "Tiki Underground bar and restaurant to host Tu Tiki flea market (photos)," 14 July 2017 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Don’t start with a product in mind: instead of thinking about how to shoehorn an existing product into a customer segment, start with first principles. — Alex Lazarow, Forbes, "Fintech Innovation Done Right: Be A Creator," 28 Feb. 2021 San Francisco has the third smallest lot sizes in the United States — averaging 2,700 square feet — which doesn’t allow much room to shoehorn four units. — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, "Bay Area cities want to end single-family home zoning, but will it create more housing?," 28 Feb. 2021 Somehow, even with all this content, the producers are able to shoehorn in a Kenya and Marlo reconciliation moment. — Chris Murphy, Vulture, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: How Bolo Can You Go?," 21 Feb. 2021 But lawmakers have bristled at a full-scale repeal — and at the administration’s attempts to shoehorn it into the defense bill. — Washington Post, "Trump’s threat to veto defense bill over social-media protections is heading to a showdown with Congress," 2 Dec. 2020 Other disagreements between the two parties ranged from whether businesses should be immune from coronavirus liability lawsuits and Democratic attempts to shoehorn a tax cut for high-income residents of high-tax states into the bill. — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, "Trump’s Treasury pulls the plug on pandemic relief loans," 20 Nov. 2020 But there’s just something about trying to shoehorn in a college football season that seems decidedly unessential. — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, "As coronavirus surges, Stanford and Cal remain in Pac-12 football limbo," 12 Nov. 2020 Starting later than every Bowl Subdivision conference means the Pac-12 will be trying to shoehorn seven games into a seven-week schedule during a time where COVID-19 cases have forced cancellations and postponements in other parts of the country. — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, "Ranking the best Pac-12 games of the conference's opening weekend," 7 Nov. 2020 There is the inclination when reading harrowing tales of social significance to subconsciously shoehorn them onto a timeline, to examine tensions, recall headlines, to categorize details into cultural and political contexts. — Christine Brunkhorst Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, "Review: 'Somewhere in the Unknown World,' by Kao Kalia Yang," 6 Nov. 2020

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