Thesaurus results for SHOEHORN

shoehorn

verb

as in to cram

to fit (people or things) into a tight space the organizers of the county fair shoehorned the craft booths between the midway and the farm exhibits

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Recent Examples of shoehorn No longer shoehorning into skates never made for her, the next version of someone else’s ideal. —

Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026 In Short’s case, the flattening is particularly egregious, because the inchoate facts of her life are shoehorned into the obsessions of amateur sleuths who continue to get those facts wrong. —

Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026 Williams is being shoehorned into a rotation that’s suddenly getting more crowded, providing coach Charles Lee with a good problem in the health department for once. —

Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2026 In typical Hollywood fashion, though, a spin on the concept just had to be shoehorned in here. —

Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shoehorn

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Design The Callum Designs production facility is crammed with cool cars, including an achingly gorgeous Aston Martin Vanquish 25 (the company’s restomod V-12 supercar) and the prototype Callum Skye (a lightweight electric off-roader due in 2027).

— Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2026
Passengers on Monday at Houston were again crammed into the Central Concourse and lining up outside to try to check bags.

— David Shepardson, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026