Shoehorning

Word SHOEHORNING
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Definitions and meanings of "Shoehorning"

What do we mean by shoehorning?

To use a shoehorn.

To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.

To force some current event into alignment with a some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.

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The word "shoehorning" in example sentences

[...] 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment Republican governor (and part-time exorcist) Bobby Jindal has almost succeeded in shoehorning creationism back into Louisiana’s public [...] ❋ Unknown (2008)

Personally I'm a devout capitalist, but even I have problems with the idea of shoehorning RL products into fictional worlds. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Or perhaps it applies to Microsoft, which refused to let go of the idea of shoehorning Windows onto a phone until or not). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rob Ruggiero's heart-lifting new revival succeeds in shoehorning "Show Boat" onto a very small stage without compromising its expansive spirit in any way. ❋ Terry Teachout (2011)

I did, however, speak about the church whenever I could, sheepishly shoehorning in a story or two. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The brooding character of Meriwether Lewis, as evidenced by Lewis's abundant letters and journals, is constructed here with particular verve, even if Mr. Hall sometimes seems to be shoehorning actual written observations into Lewis's conversation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the end, it has to be about writing compelling stories with interesting characters in an effort to reach readers of many sorts — not just about shoehorning a tale into a given genre. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As for shoehorning Miss Marple into a Christie mystery in which she doesn't appear, well worse crimes have been committed. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

I was already sketching mental notes for my optimistic space exploration trilogy, so I didn't want to "squander" ideas for the novel by shoehorning them into a shorter piece. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Based on the season one cliffhanger, shoehorning Kenny back home just so that the dynamic of the show wouldn't change feels false to me. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We spend so much of each Fashion Week and the months following it talking about trends, shoehorning each great piece under the larger categories that we deem "in" that season. ❋ Melissa Liebling-Goldberg (2012)

What's the point of shoehorning more teams into the SEC and Big Ten if it results in fewer games between Florida and Alabama or Penn State and Iowa? ❋ Darren Everson (2011)

It seems that Stephen Harper has been shoehorning his pals into various plum appointments, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Canada Foundation for Innovation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For moving people around, we are much better off providing capacity (traffic flow, parking, etc.) the way people choose to use it than shoehorning them into public spending boondoggles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Rather than thinking through a plan for growth from which measures are then derived, this is shoehorning budget measures into the varying preordained categories and then calling them a plan, in short, turning the growth process on its head. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We're not used to having to call a buddy over to co-cooperatively read The Great Gatsby together, so shoehorning multiplayer into a game like oh, say Shadow of the Colossus likely wouldn't work (even though that may have initially been the idea, if the early workshop footage was any indication). ❋ SVGL (2009)

Regulatory policy favored shoehorning more people into homes. ❋ Jr. Holman W. Jenkins (2010)

Analysts also question whether the economic pain will soon shift to coffee shops and fast-food outlets if the industry – which is shoehorning outlets into stations, hospitals and petrol stations and seeking franchise partners to reach smaller towns and cities – fulfils such high octane expansion plans. ❋ Unknown (2012)

For now, it's all good (Except maybe the overuse of representative agents and the shoehorning of "imperfections" into the picture: habit formation, stickiness, etc.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

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