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- noun Plural form of
shoehorn . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
shoehorn .
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Examples
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He famously stretches the word "the" as if it were warm taffy and sometimes shoehorns show-tune lyrics into his game calls.
Another Yankee Contract Set to Expire Mike Sielski 2011
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From Piet Levy of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Director John Chu shoehorns patronizing footage of Bieber's people giving away tickets to fans and plucking girls to be serenaded onstage.
'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never': Critics don't completely hate it Jen Chaney 2011
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The 15 rooms will be "straightforward, with no duck-headed shoehorns or counterpanes," according to Mr. Gulliver.
Not So Down and Out in London Jemima Sissons 2011
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Critics also cite Ms. Tin, who is contesting in a team alongside former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, as an example of how the PAP shoehorns inexperienced candidates into Parliament on the backs of senior members.
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Your making it sound like hes Tim Burton who just shoehorns Helena Bonham Carter into everything he does.
Sam Mendes is Directing James Bond 23, On Track for 2011! « FirstShowing.net 2010
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She shoehorns something in there about Mad Men – but we at hecklerspray are too busy watching Rex The Runt re-runs online to tear ourselves away and watch proper grown up television.
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Indeed, Medford's routine is so slickly staged that the audience barely seems to notice it's been shoehorned into a narrative otherwise chockablock with shoehorns.
David Finkle: First-Nighter: London's Sweet Charity Sufficiently Sweet 2010
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He shoehorns in a bit of guff from James Frazer's "The Golden Bough" about human sacrifice being necessary "for the continuation of life," but a couple of paragraphs on rebirth and renewal isn't enough.
Bloodlust and Britney Spears Toby Young 2010
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A Special Edition came out later, with cover art that was way worse – that horrible “Star Wars” painting-stylecrap that shoehorns in even more fat faces.
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Product Pitfalls Analysts say the industry sometimes shoehorns women into retirement-savings formulas meant for men.
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