How to Use cram in in a Sentence

cram in

phrasal verb
Definition of cram innext
  • There are even two side pouches to cram in a spare change of shoes.
    — Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • Nine bodies crammed in the goalmouth in various positions when the whistle blew.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
  • 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
  • Spring is one of Dina's busiest times of year, with everyone cramming in appointments ahead of sandal season.
    — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 30 May 2024
  • 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
  • As the limited series crams in countless details, the audience must examine too much at once, creating a state of delirium rather than the pulsating tone of a nail-biter.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 July 2024
  • The idea, here, is for visitors to slow down and experience more at individual distilleries, rather than to try and cram in as many as possible during a single trip.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2024
  • 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

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'cram in.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: