How to Use cram in in a Sentence

cram in

phrasal verb

• The downside is a tight back seat with just enough space to cram in two tall adults.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Nov. 2023
• But the pro season crams in almost twice as many games.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
• We were all crammed in there, and William was looking terrified in the corner.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• To make its intricate arguments work, a lot of jokes and quick pivots must be crammed in.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• If so, cramming in work at the last minute has become an energy-zapping habit.
  — Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 24 Apr. 2023
• His parents sleep in a big bed, which Joe Fallon and Barbara Andrews gave the family to use, crammed in the living space.
  — Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• Thursday is referendum day in the United Kingdom, and politicians and pundits from all sides of the debate are trying to cram in their last words.
  — Douglas Murray, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2016
• Despite having spent years cramming in high school and attending good colleges, many can’t find a full-time job at a good company.
  — Richard Katz, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2014
• The Gaza Strip is one of most densely populated places on earth, with some 2 million people crammed in 140-square-mile territory.
  — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
• Food was crammed in every cabinet and the refrigerator, half of it rotten.
  — Christian Wiman, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
• The strike upended the awards season schedule, and events are crammed in an already hectic corridor before March’s Oscars.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
• More revelations are emerging of what’s coming, with more features crammed in than were expected.
  — David Phelan, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• And there was music, from personal speakers, bands performing near offramps or crammed in a stage being towed by tandem cyclists — and even a piano on wheels.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• Israel has issued evacuation orders to sectors of Rafah, where more than 1.3 million people are crammed in near the Egyptian border.
  — Jane Arraf, NPR, 10 May 2024
• Smugglers use unseaworthy boats with as many migrants as possible crammed in — sometimes inside locked holds — for journeys that can take days.
  — Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
• An incident involving an Ikea bedframe crammed in a tiny bathroom is truly a joyous scene of television.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
• While crammed in tiny apartments, Black families struggled with slumlords and poor living conditions.
  — Tanikia Carpenter, Parents, 19 Nov. 2023
• A lot of advertising is being crammed in every square foot everywhere, so much of it is really ineffective.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 26 May 2023
• Now teachers were back in school daily, still cramming in class prep during their few empty periods, still bringing a lot of work home at night while many of their professional peers were enjoying hybrid schedules.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 19 June 2023
• This combination of brevity and bloat means there’s little time to cultivate character dynamics or a larger narrative, but plenty of space to cram in as many dropped R’s as possible.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
• What’s more, cramming in as many heats as possible to maximize revenue from entrance fees is often at odds with creating a compelling spectator experience.
  — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 12 June 2021
• So does their crowded living situation: Abdel Hadi, the new baby and her three older children are staying with relatives, a large extended family crammed in together, sleeping three on a mattress.
  — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024