[ US /ˈʃuˌhɔɹn/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈuːhɔːn/ ]
VERB
  1. fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited
NOUN
  1. a device used for easing the foot into a shoe
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How To Use shoehorn In A Sentence

  • i usually try the thick end of a screwdriver, but the shoehorn is a good idea as well Female Masturbation and why it is a GOOD thing
  • It had taken two people to shoehorn her into it - it might take three to prise her out. DEATH IN FASHION
  • One of my supervisors was able to shoehorn his love for woodworking into a contract to build some desks and tables for the workplace.
  • Someone mentioned something about Bendis takes Jessica Jones along with him to 'New Avengers'...why not, he retconned/shoehorned her into Avengers continuity so much so that in Secret Invasion, she's one of the older heoroes who 'reappear'...can we have both versions revealed as Skrulls already and kill them off? Comics You Should Own flashback – Alias | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
  • Sure, you can kind of shoehorn in ways to play with friends, but none of the app's game modes truly recreate the intense thrill of going head-to-head with friends. The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
  • But the sport also cannot be shoehorned into an ideal mold of globalization, even as globalization cannot quite set its foot straight in world soccer.
  • They then shoehorn their minimal changes into their old management practices.
  • Certainly there is a great variety of experiences, skills and knowledge for students to gain from work terms that could not be shoehorned into specific courses.
  • It should be sobering that a political neophyte who has imbibed the entirety of his campaign know-how over the past two months feels it appropriate -- and hardly worth highlighting -- the fact that he will be a counter-measure to the communist and terrorist forces that the Sarah Palin-approved pundit class has been shoehorning into the public discourse. Asher Smith: Refudiate is the New Normalcy
  • In the space of an hour, they've managed to shoehorn in a little bit of everything; a genre-defying gumbo that should sound disparate, stupid and plain wrong.
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