sandwiched

past tense of sandwich
as in crammed
to fit (people or things) into a tight space sandwiched six kids into the backseat somehow

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Recent Examples of sandwiched Andres, sandwiched between his attorneys, had his head down and looked at the table as Ernst delved into the events leading up to — and following — Fariñas’ killing. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025 Expect six to nine layers of vanilla sponge cake sandwiched between a custard or creamy filling. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025 The rookie Gonzalez has submitted one impressive showing off the bench and one start, sandwiched between two healthy DNPs. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025 Herbert sandwiched touchdown passes of 8 yards to Gadsden and 27 yards to McConkey around Vidal’s 3-yard scoring run. Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025 The only local agency in Arizona to sign a task force agreement since ICE revived them in January is the County Attorney’s Office of Pinal County, a Republican stronghold sandwiched between the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas. Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2025 The Broncos put that streak in jeopardy first when Nix sandwiched a touchdown run and a short scoring pass to rookie running back RJ Harvey around a Justin Strnad interception. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025 The building would be surrounded on all four sides, sandwiched between the church and a ten-story MetroTech building, with the rowhouses in front and BellTel lofts in the back. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025 But much to Castle's disappointment, Paramount handed over the directing reins to Roman Polanski, who sandwiched the film between 1965's Repulsion and 1976's The Tenant in his informal Apartment Trilogy. Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandwiched
Verb
  • The men were crammed into police wagons waiting to deliver them to cells at Central Police Station.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The area, crammed with fast-food chains and strip malls, might initially not look like much.
    Katie Chang, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bags stuffed with Iguaran's belongings leaned against a wall next to the hammock.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Turducken is a partially de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck that has been stuffed with a de-boned chicken.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Another passenger squeezed her way up the aisle to try to make a tight connection.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
  • De’Von Achane took the handoff, squeezed through the hole, blasted past a diving defender at midfield and outraced the rest of the Bills’ defense to the end zone.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Vaquitas, found only in a 4,000-square-kilometer area of the upper Gulf of California, wedged between Baja California and the Mexican mainland, have been dwindling since a 1997 high of 567 individuals; computer models indicate the population may have decreased by 80 percent between 2011 and 2015.
    Ryan Green, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Her friends tried to grab her feet and pull her out, but that only wedged her into the space even more.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • They were loaded onto buses and driven hours away to an ICE Detention Center.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Mounted externally on the KSOT, the ‘Piranha’ torpedo was loaded into the starboard-side launch tube.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025

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“Sandwiched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandwiched. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.

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