Thesaurus results for SANDWICHED

sandwiched

verb

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 The throw still cleared the linebacker and sandwiched the safety. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026 Kuwaki had three straight birdies early in her round but sandwiched them with bogeys. — ABC News, 31 July 2026 Last year, he was sandwiched between an aging Graham Glasgow and an injured Taylor Decker. — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 31 July 2026 The researchers sandwiched the specimen between two aluminum plates, heating one to 104 °F (40 °C) and cooling the other with iced water. — New Atlas, 29 July 2026 There's Volta, a sheltered offering that wraps around the lobby, and Parostia (taking its name from the stone oven of traditional Parian houses), sandwiched between the pool area and the beach. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026 If geography is destiny, Nepal in theory can benefit from being sandwiched between Asian giants China and India. — Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The ladyfingers are sandwiched with strawberry preserves to spark the bottom and center of the Russe. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2026 This 6-inch-high ribbon of tile is sandwiched between two solid walnut countertops. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandwiched

Verb

To have so much capability crammed into a phone that bends in half is a marvel.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026
At least 5,000 people perished, most of them in La Guaira state, a strip of cities and slums crammed between the coastal cordillera and the Caribbean Sea, half an hour from Caracas.

— Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026

Definition of crammed

Verb

The 21-year-old is being held on charges of murder after 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s decomposing body was found stuffed in the front trunk of his Tesla on September 8, 2025.

— Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 28 July 2026
Orlando residents objected to the city’s first parking meters in 1939 — the nickel-per-hour coin slots were stuffed with chewing gum in protest — and those meters didn’t last a year.

— Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026

Definition of stuffed

Verb

Tournament football isn’t generally conducive to pressing, with so many matches squeezed into such a short window, and without the cohesion that comes from club sides training together for months.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026
My problem is the kart path along the road has 3 or so feet of grass between it and the road, then suddenly the grass narrows and is eventually gone before going over the bridge and everything is squeezed together.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of squeezed

Verb

There are even more flip-flop heels to explore including a Calvin Klein wedged style that’s 49 percent off and a memory-foam pair with slender straps.

— Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026
That single deal signals that global capital has stopped treating five countries wedged between Russia and China as an afterthought.

— Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of wedged

Verb

With men on first and second and two outs, the Braves intentionally walked Jackson Holliday, which loaded the bases and put the winning run in scoring position — but also forced catcher Sam Huff to bat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
With the bases loaded, Keith—on what was his 29th birthday—faced a tough lefthanded pitcher in Bob McClure, who ironically was his childhood opponent in Little League back in the San Francisco area.

— New York Daily News, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026