How To Use Jammed In A Sentence

But as it moved south, a battery powering the train's automatic interconnecting doors went flat and the doors jammed shut.
At weekends the roads are jammed with holidaymakers coming to gawp at the parade.
Others stayed on the slippery canting decks until the City of Benares foundered, struggling to free rafts and jammed lifeboats. THE LONELY SEA
Sometimes too many keys rose at once and jammed together, so his fingers were all inky from pulling them apart.
White jammed his left wrist in practice on Tuesday. The Sun

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The wheels needed to be discs - spoked wheels just got jammed with sticks and branches.
Upstairs, reporters jammed into a tiny antechamber, the shaggy cameramen and newspaper photographers chain-smoking and the lady reporters chattering nervously.
At the end, everyone is given cake, along with age-appropriate gift bags jammed with hats, mittens, books, and stuffed animals.
An explanation that I favour for the sinking is that the snort mast float valve jammed open, flooding the boat.
North Yorkshire's tourist routes were jammed with trippers and Bank Holiday weekend events attracted visitors in their thousands across the county.
Dr Soames jammed his hat squarely on his head.
He jammed his key into the lock.
Dancers jammed a floor of flashing disco lights. THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War
Not only have they been booked solid for months for convention week, but their meeting rooms are jammed with lavish receptions.
The passengers who jammed the vessel were in a frenzy as they tried to seize pieces of the omelets.
These have been due to either the release line twisting around the link knife, or wheat stubble becoming jammed in the ‘v’ of the blades.
In Basingstoke around 2,000 vehicles were stranded overnight on jammed roads. Times, Sunday Times
Rushing in, I was informed that Noah was "bawling" (which fact was perfectly evident), having jammed his fingers in trying to "hist" the window. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour
Zack thought to himself as he jammed all of his books into his bag.
Yesterday's closing activities capped the end of a week-long, jammed-packed schedule of events.
Extra barkeepers had been engaged, and the drinkers jammed six deep before every drink - drenched and unwiped bar. Chapter 14
But isn't it always the case, that while one tap body will unscrew nicely, the other (the hot tap and main culprit) was jammed in there tight!
On one beach, hemmed in by cliffs on either side and palm trees at the back, some Grenadians are playing cricket, three sticks jammed into the sand for stumps.
Ben quickly ducked behind a sturdy looking refrigerator - just as the assassin jammed her finger down on the trigger and sent bullets ricocheting all over the kitchen in screeching showers of sparks.
Even before the 8am deadline yesterday morning, phone lines to Ticketmaster were jammed with tens of thousands of his fans trying to get through.
I'm old enough to remember when a Homelite XL (70's) was the cream of the crop, and I just saw one yesterday go by, proudly jammed into the top rack of a load of lodgepole stovewood. Craftsman Professional 40cc chain saw
Ben had got his finger jammed in the door.
We reached the second elevator without confrontation of demons and we found an elevator with the doors jammed shut.
No warships were present, but considerable damage was inflicted on cargo vessels, with which the harbor was jammed.
This drawer is jammed.
She got on and stood shoulder to shoulder , hip to hip, jammed into the end compartment.
Callers jammed the switchboards of radio stations to express their shock at the fall from grace of a national hero after the news broke yesterday morning.
Clotho saw it, for he called to Joe to look out, and the pistol was jammed into my back ... and all the while I could hear the morning traffic rumbling in the street far below the curtained windows, and the distant knocks of porters rousing guests THE NUMBERS
Half their team were delayed when the Selby Toll Bridge jammed, forcing a rejig of their batting order at Burn.
Toilet doors and interior doors jammed in the train, making it difficult for passengers to escape from the coaches.
We were jammed together, shoulder to shoulder, in the narrow corridor.
The accident jammed up the traffic for half an hour.
Thanks to the jammed system, commuters frequently stand on the footboard with the doors left dangerously open.
He jammed his fist into his baggy khaki pants, aware of the strange chemistry that floated in the air.
Galápagos sharks, hammerheads, blues, duskies - all of their distinctive fins are jammed into black burlap sacks that pile to the ceiling.
Fee jammed her finger into a small hole, wincing as a needle pricked it, and a drop of blood fell on the DNA scanner.
What gets Washington all jammed up is when ideology and labels overtake what is the clear reality of a circumstance. Presidents Remarks After Crime Bill Passage
It came not long after Daniel Sedin jammed in a loose puck just as Theodore was covering it with his glove. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Colorado vs. Vancouver
She slammed the car into gear, the tyres screaming as her foot jammed against the accelerator.
Finally he went to the row of hooks on the wall inside the back door, jammed his hat on his head and took the long horsewhip from its nail. THE THORN BIRDS
The big draw for me, though, is the cooler along the south wall, which is jammed with Greek olives, cheese, anchovies, halvah and other specialties, including hummus, tarama and Balkan-style yogurt.
He picked his cap up off the ground and jammed it on his head.
Many out-of-state visitors travelling through the Delta area leave with the image of the region being a land of asphalt-covered, Formica-Modern, sprawling 'slurbs' jammed with millions of people.
I hoped this would put an end to the stories that Britain's countryside is jammed full of jungle animals. The Sun
I egged her on, and we got her into the long coat, and adjusted the broad-brimmed bonnet and veil, and I jammed the shoes on her feet, and gloved her, and stuck the gamp in her hand -- and when she managed to stand, leaning against the table, she looked as much like the outward picture of a lady as made no odds. Flash For Freedom
Dozens of activists were detained, mass text messages were jammed and searches for the word "jasmine" were blocked on Chinese micro-blogging websites after a mysterious call to revolt spread over Twitter and other social-networking sites on Saturday and Sunday. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
He strode up the walk and jammed one of his hands into his pockets.
And the highways and skyways are expected to be jammed today as the Thanksgiving weekend draws to a close.
But in the winter, cluster flies aggregate in thick black crowds jammed into cracks and crannies inside the house.
Our carrying on was a scandal; but the women fetched the drink while all the village that could crowd in jammed the room to witness our antics. Chapter 15
Others thus jammed beside her were shouting questions to those before them, and craning to peer over their heads.
Two or more population groups, each with its own special narrow and inadaptable culture and usually with a distinctive language or dialect, had been by the change of scale in human affairs jammed together or imposed one upon another. The Shape of Things to Come
They successfully jammed the enemy's station during the war.
When his undercarriage jammed the pilot alerted airfield bosses, burned off spare fuel, then skilfully landed the aircraft on its belly despite strong winds. The Sun
She laughed as she jammed a thumb into his carotid and he went limp in her hands.
The scene on the roof is jammed and noisy, as cool twentysomethings jostle for elbow room at the bar or colonize the red podlike cabanas by the pool. L.A. Rising
They were able to walk out when their jammed cabin door was opened. Times, Sunday Times
I rummaged in the sock drawer for a matching pair, flung on a jacket, and jammed my feet into trainers, and then walked to work in record time.
Everything within was crowded together higgledy-piggledy, each booth jammed up against its neighbor. KING OF DREAMS
Atanas picked up a small piece of wood and jammed it into the frame so that the safety valve was inoperative. A KNIFE BETWEEN THE RIBS
The giant bivalves jammed the cracks between the black tufts of lava that covered the ocean floor.
He had leaned across the double bed and reached for his bag, remembering even as he thrust his hand inside that the book he was half-way through was now probably some - where above the Atlantic, jammed firmly into seat-pocket 22D, between the lifejacket instructions and the boak-poke. Not the End of the World
Crowds jammed the entrance to the stadium.
The swing bridge over the River Ouse at Selby was operating fully this morning after it jammed open at 9pm yesterday.
They have come in rented buses and trucks, vehicles jammed to bursting with everything they can possibly carry.
Police were called to deal with the marooned low-loader on Friday morning after it became jammed on the crest of the bridge over the Kennet and Avon canal at Staverton.
Shimmying them on feels more like stuffing pork sausage into casings than slipping into cozy leggings, which is perfectly fine, because once you've jammed your legs in, the effect is amazing. Meg Hemphill: Affordable, Slimming and Beloved by the Stars: Fashion Perfection
The Daily Dispatch switchboard was almost jammed yesterday as readers called to suggest their names for three lion cubs at the East London Zoo.
The driver jammed the brake pedal to the floor
During the Cold War, the Soviets routinely barrage jammed to interfere with transmissions from the West
This is because the clutch pedal is jammed right up against the centre console and there is consequently nowhere to put your left foot. Times, Sunday Times
Aid trucks and army patrols jammed the streets. Times, Sunday Times
Nearby roads and the dirt track to the beach were jammed with cars.
They jammed into buses provided by the Red Cross and headed for safety.
Colin gave the wrong advice about getting floppy disc out when jammed and then I deleted the stuff off the hard disc.
There's a round thing that fits in a hole to close the bonnet, and it's been jammed down very, very securely.
I do have a grainy memory of things like getting my finger jammed in a door, dropping a plate and cutting my foot etc.
I jammed my head over the railing on the gorge's upstream side: nothing but the pretty stream burbling over rocks and between snowbanks 70 feet below.
As the show progressed, with no security staff whatsoever, the wings of the stage started getting jammed with hangers-on from backstage and other kids from the audience who'd finally had the nerve to climb up out of the crowd. Binky Philips: Pete Townshend Meets My Mom and Dad at the Fillmore East
All summer we jammed, surrounded by all kinds, not only the hickish thugs and cruel populars, but even some of the meaner religious types— mostly kids our own age that usually couldn't wait to tell us how soon we'd be slow-roasting on the flames from Satan's anus because of our music. CfK
Horses jammed the ford over the stream; Michael crossed above them, galloping slantwise across the slope after the belling pack, stretched low on his horse's neck to clear the branches.
Listeners from all over the North East jammed the lines to ask Mike Parr to have the song put on the radio station's playlist.
The gun misfired after one shot and jammed.
Good pub fare, cold beer, plus a father-and-son team playing a single piano jammed into a corner.
Finally he went to the row of hooks on the wall inside the back door, jammed his hat on his head and took the long horsewhip from its nail. THE THORN BIRDS
Jim jammed on his hat and ran out of the house.
AMERICAN POETRY is at something of a crossroads, and the roads leading there are jammed with traffic.
We literally caned a bottle of wine and jammed this blues song.
From the same vantage, I could also see more bikes than I could count, two couples boating the canal and a tram train jammed full of people.
With the crowd cheering him loudly after he went ahead 15-40 for his first break point of the set, Agassi sent back a service return that Safin jammed into the net. USATODAY.com - Safin ends Agassi's winning streak at the Australian Open
The door seemed to be jammed and it moved very slowly as I pushed with all my might.
Then, telling him to stay, quite like one would do to their pet Pekinese, she marched up the front steps and jammed her key in the door.
I was jammed against some goats so the few bananas I had in my jacket pocket were mashed to a pulp. WHITE LIES
Her 14 crew took to the lifeboats; the ship spent a fortnight jammed on the rocks before sinking into a steep gully, stern in 3m and bow in just 6m.
Their finding might also call into question a common industrial method for loosening materials that have become jammed together inside hoppers.
Here the river is fabulous, clear and convoluted, with ponds jammed with yellow flag irises where there are springs or oxbows.
Unfortunately we need two miles of seaway to stop our ship and our rudder is jammed, hence we cannot change course.
He tried to force the window open but it was jammed shut.
The stairs were jammed with college students and we were pushed into the living room.
The cubicle in the van was too small for him; he suffers from claustrophobia; once, the door jammed and they couldn't get him out; he had a panic attack in the van.
At first Bâtard would crowd himself into the smallest possible space, grovelling close to the floor; but as the music came nearer and nearer, he was forced to uprear, his back jammed into the logs, his fore legs fanning the air as though to beat off the rippling waves of sound. BÂTARD
Thirty anxious people had jammed into a room for twenty. Christianity Today
He jammed on his hat and rushed out of the house.
Nearby roads and the dirt track to the beach were jammed with cars.
The parking lot was jammed with cars.
They returned to find signs of forced entry with the outside security light broken and door-lock jammed.
Foreign radio broadcasts were regularly jammed.
The man jammed out his cigarette to show his respect for the lady.
Once those worms start wriggling from the can, it's a tricky job getting the lid jammed on again.
But it was jammed beneath the overturned sled, and by the time Henry had helped him to right the load, One Ear and the she-wolf were too close together and the distance too great to risk a shot. The Hunger Cry
The accident jammed up the traffic for half an hour.
This is because the clutch pedal is jammed right up against the centre console and there is consequently nowhere to put your left foot. Times, Sunday Times
He might plead and tell his "hard luck story," but that would not help him much; a saloon-keeper who was to be moved by such means would soon have his place jammed to the doors with "hoboes" on a day like this. The Jungle
The leader swung at him, but Jack stepped around the punch and jammed the knife in the man's spine.
The duo's third album, Rubber Factory, is jammed with blues 'n' garage rock anthems that surely destine these rust belt heroes for global greatness.
The pilot said his controls had jammed. Times, Sunday Times
The parade jammed traffic all over the town.
The traffic was jammed solid in the city centre.
The passengers who jammed the vessel were in a frenzy as they tried to seize pieces of the omelets.
Phone networks have been jammed today following a series of blasts that hit London's public transport network this morning.
Some regulators have been designed to resist the effect of jammed valves caused by cold.
A field of such pinnacles, jammed together in broken confusion, is called serac-ice The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Crowds jammed in for seats when the train pulled up.
Aid trucks and army patrols jammed the streets. Times, Sunday Times
A long string of cars behind his vehicle testified to the jammed approaches to the major artery out of Downtown.
This evening I'm rediscovering the autumnal pleasure of surfing the internet with my stockinged feet jammed against a hot radiator.
Yesterday, a stone column on the Scalzi Bridge fell on top of a jammed vaporetto as it pulled away from the pontile near the train station on the Canal Grande. Veniceblog:
When his undercarriage jammed the pilot alerted airfield bosses, burned off spare fuel, then skilfully landed the aircraft on its belly despite strong winds. The Sun
Someone demand to see the GOP version of Finance Reform and when they don't produce it or say sorry, the copier is jammed or my dog ate it, expose them for the obstructionists that they are. FAQ: Wall Street reform bill
The door had jammed, and I had been unable to get out of the car.
The room is jammed tight with furniture.
In fact, it turns out that her weapon jammed and she didn't fire a single shot.
Whatever pedestrian space was left would be jammed with a motley, jostling throng of buyers.
RADIO hams came out of a meeting to find their cars' central locking had been jammed by mystery wireless waves. The Sun
Aid trucks and army patrols jammed the streets. Times, Sunday Times
I reached the foot of the doors as the tide grew and I grasped each plate with my fingers and it inched open but suddenly jammed.
He stopped speaking suddenly when Carl jammed the van into reverse gear and slammed his foot down on the accelerator pedal.
The key is jammed in the lock.
The stadium was jammed and they had to turn away hundreds of disappointed fans.
It took several hours on Wednesday morning for locals to find out what the problem was with the local water works telephone line jammed and no information available.
That stupid lorry driver has gone and jammed our car in.
Hanging upside down, I found the doors had been jammed by the partly collapsed roof. Times, Sunday Times
The driver jammed his foot on the brake.
Basically, this consists of a large metal beaker and matching glass, the two of which can be jammed together when you come to whoosh up your ingredients.
Use the axe to chop down jammed doors or zombies; it's effective for close combat.
The three-cornered needle jammed in the damp leather, and he suspended work for the moment. SIWASH
People are jammed so closely together that we are unable to move. Times, Sunday Times
The cause of the accident was a foreign body which got jammed between the brake caliper and the inside of a wheel rim and machined a groove into the rim which caused an immediate failure.
They jammed to mixes of classic rock and funk before taking up the guitar, bass and drums to create their own unmistakable sound.
Ben had got his finger jammed in the door.
Pour me a glass of rum and within the vapors rises a raucous and even romantic history of joy, tragedy and debauchery: tippling houses in Barbados in the early 1600's, where British settlers supped the earliest permutation of rum, which they referred to as "kill-devil"; jug wielding pirates careening through the streets of Port Royal in Jamaica, wildly spending their pieces of eight plundered from the Spanish and British empires; independence-minded American revolutionaries huddled in taverns drinking rum Flips and plotting their resistance against the heavy taxes imposed upon them by the British; Americans fleeing Prohibition downing Daiquiris and Swizzles in the jammed bars of Havana; opulent tiki palaces serving Mai Tais, flaming Scorpion bowls, Hurricanes and Fog Cutters to lei-festooned business-men and June Cleaveresque housewives. Slashfood
This operator is spot-jammed
Tritt jammed his thick hand into Logan's left pocket and flayed it about.
It has reverse action which is basically used for removing debris and jammed drill bits.
For three days, the band jammed with the tribe, using recording equipment powered by car generators.
The phone lines were jammed and in the end we had to disconnect the phones as we couldn't deal with the sheer volume of listeners calling us.
Like gawking through a keyhole, every situation is richly textured, minutely detailed, and jammed full with voyeuristic glee.
Since the explosion yesterday morning, which jammed a main cargo door shut, gases including hydrogen, phosphine and arsine, a derivative of arsenic, have started venting from the cargo hold.
The crowd jammed together to get a good view of the famous visitor.
I jammed her left arm under mine and grabbed hold of her right wrist. A DARKENING STAIN
The chosen tore through the clamoring crowds and jammed onto the back of his three-wheeler put-putting on the roadside. The Hundred-Foot Journey
She tied up her hair in a bun and jammed a shapeless felt hat down over it.
Burly arms folded, an expensive but unlit Cuban stogie jammed in his mouth, Morrison held and ancient billet unique to the Submarine Service, chief of the boat.
Crowds jammed in for seats when the train pulled up.
On the second, Larry Hughes lofted the ball high for James, who soared, jammed it in, then came down screaming for several seconds in exhilaration. USATODAY.com - Basketball - Utah vs. Cleveland
Stout concrete walls were knocked down, cars and trucks were jammed into trees, furniture and personal possessions, instantly transformed into useless detritus, were somersaulted down the streets, and tons of mud and sand clogged many of the avenues and alleyways. Alamos: Still a boom to bust town, but with everlasting charm
The result was the Yosemite that tourists see today, jammed with awe-inspiring plutons with rounded tops and steep, vertical sides.
He recalled the frenzied repair work, the relief when the second start had been made-and the final debacle when the caterpillar track had jammed. Reach For Tomorrow
He unscrewed the mouthpiece which had been hastily jammed on and caught by the thread.
The accident jammed up the traffic for half an hour.
A second attempt failed after the gun jammed, a court heard. The Sun
On its vertical face, clinging beneath overhangs, jammed three or four deep into cracks, are a million scarlet crabs.
Anyway, I jammed a pair of earplugs in the ol’ shell-likes and managed to get a bit of extra kip, although I had some very weird dreams and dreams within dreams.
I had seen human remains treated with far less reverence; the skulls of early Christian martyrs jammed cheek by bony jowl together in heaps in the catacombs, thigh bones tossed in a pile like jackstraws underneath. Dragonfly in Amber
But no, it alternates between providing only cold showers, and providing (if the hot tap is jammed fully open) just bearably tepid showers.
From the frozen guns of American dogfaces in the Korean conflict, to the jammed M16s that became a national scandal in the early days of the war in Vietnam, weapons systems failing in combat have been a well-documented horror story.
Jack, who did not understand this, fared badly, and it was not till the calls piped belay, that he could recover his legs, after having been trampled upon by half the starboard watch, and the breath completely jammed out of his body. Mr. Midshipman Easy
He jammed his clothes in a small suitcase.
People came with their gaily coloured floats and roads were jammed to the extent that for sometime it was doubtful if some of those taking part in the parade would ever get there.
They got away with a member of the Scottish executive having a dildo jammed up his bahookie by a piece of telegenic jail-bait. Boiling a Frog
Firefighters were called and officers managed to get one of the digits free but the other two were jammed tight. The Sun
You spend too much time jammed into too little of a space, and wind up making each other miserable all in the name of "togetherness! Dr. Phil McGraw: Holiday Advice
Our carrying-on was a scandal; but the women fetched the drink while all the village that could crowd in jammed the room to witness our antics. Chapter 15
Still hundreds of people jammed the officially sanctioned market and dozens of illegal vendors froze outside as they touted vegetables, clothes and hunks of rancid meat.
The committee was doing well until the chairman's independent action jammed up the work.
All the legal professionals wear severe, French-style white jabots Velcroed around their necks, and headsets for the interpretation jammed down over their hair.
The giant bivalves jammed the cracks between the black tufts of lava that covered the ocean floor.
I put on my flak jacket and helmet and walked up the road, which was jammed with tanks and armored fighting vehicles waiting to cross the bridge.
We were jammed together, shoulder to shoulder, in the narrow corridor.
Then as it happened, the bar too got jammed, serving to obstruct her movements further, making it virtually impossible to lift her out.
This canal is actually a main street of the city just as it would be in Venice and was jammed with houses side by side and the houses were jammed with people. Around the World in 34 Days
Too many of its houses and buildings were of wood and seemed jammed together in dirty, fetid districts that crowded the river. THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE
Obviously a lot of the footage was taken from standard footage of jammed motorways and so on, which helped make it more believable.
Nine metres down it is possible to get off the ladder on to a ledge of jammed rocks and enter a parallel aven, with much flowstone on the walls and water entering at the top.
Telephone lines became jammed as distraught relatives tried to check up on loved-ones but that did not stop the rumours spreading as attention turned to who was responsible.

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