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shoehorn::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | device |
shoehorn::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | accommodate, adapt |
Examples of shoehorn
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They really tried to shoehorn it into a kiddie property so they could sell toys.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Some have tried to shoehorn her into Minimalism, Constructivism or Suprematism.
From the latimes.com
Spooky Swamp is an effort to shoehorn Scooby into a media that's just not for him.
From the kentucky.com
He learned to bend rails in helping shoehorn train cars into an old structure.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Don't take something already in the can and try to shoehorn a brand in there.
From the businessweek.com
Thus, in Taleb's analogy, do we shoehorn events into our existing world view.
From the economist.com
Kudos to Lopez, too, for managing to shoehorn a costume change into a five-song set.
From the guardian.co.uk
There's often not enough space to shoehorn in an exciting new shrub or tree, however.
From the telegraph.co.uk
So I started to tell Ian about my great-grandfather who made that shoehorn.
From the timesunion.com
- A device used for easing the foot into a shoe
- Fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited
- A shoehorn (sometimes called a shoespoon) is a tool that allows the user to put on a shoe more easily. ...
- Shoehorning is a ploy alleged by skeptics to be used by psychics as a way to make it sound like their prophecies or those of earlier prophets had come true. ...
- A tool used to assist putting the foot into a shoe by sliding the heel in; To use a shoehorn; To exert great effort to insert or include something; to insert by force or extreme measures
