How to Use cram in in a Sentence

cram in

verb
  • Another might have beds crammed in with five or more workers per unit.
    — David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Books crammed in every room, in my campus office, and yes, in my trunk.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Quarks crammed in tight can roam about freely, but try to separate them and the glue kicks in with a vengeance.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2026
  • It’s all crammed in here without apology.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Those linen pants will look freshly pressed, and no one will suspect they've been crammed in a bag for the last six hours.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
  • As the days pass the urge to cram in another workshop or an extra treatment drops away.
    — Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2026
  • There may be up to a million stars crammed in an area a little over 800 trillion miles wide.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Classes, somehow, were crammed in the between workouts.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Soto said her husband Martin is crammed in a cell with a dozen other people.
    — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 22 May 2026
  • But picking two and committing to them beats trying to cram in everything.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Between 30 and 50 people were crammed in the courtroom.
    — John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The people who bought those seats are present at the arena; they’re all crammed in the clubs that look more like a rave with people decked in cowboy attire.
    — Mac Engel february 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Temporary walls set up around the event space split the building into two makeshift restaurants, with crews crammed in everywhere else.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Kabanyana and his family of 11 — parents, sisters, nieces and nephews — used to all live crammed in a hut like that.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Design one space with two modes The trick with dual-purpose rooms is to resist the urge to cram in two separate setups.
    — Alena Conley, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Mango wood is covered with a grey wash over a light brown stain to give the table a pre-distressed look, and three roomy drawers leave ample space for cramming in kitchen items.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But overloading the dishwasher can result in dirty dishes that need to be put through a second cycle to get clean, and dishes that are crammed in may become damaged.
    — Elizabeth Brownfield, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But overloading the dishwasher can result in dirty dishes that need to be put through a second cycle to get clean, and dishes that are crammed in may become damaged.
    — Elizabeth Brownfield, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Uncrossing your legs is another tip meant to help passengers stay as comfortable as possible when crammed in an economy seat.
    — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
  • Uncrossing your legs is another tip to help passengers stay as comfortable as possible when crammed in an economy seat.
    — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Each speech in Policy is time-limited; kids speak like gasping auctioneers to cram in arguments their opponents must try to rebut.
    — Eli Durst, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Visitors cram in shoulder to shoulder with other visitors on the viewing platforms, all angling for that iconic shot of a salmon leaping into a waiting bear’s mouth.
    — Robert Annis, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
  • There, they were crammed in squalor before being shot to death and buried in mass graves in the Liaudiskiai forest with the help of local Nazi collaborators.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Engender Trust, Not Anxiety Websites that cram in content feel anxious.
    — Talie Smith, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • After spending two weeks in December on whether to redraw the state's congressional map, lawmakers had just two months to cram in the same amount of bills as a regular session.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Rather than trying to cram in too much, Irontown Modular has sensibly kept things nice and simple inside, and this helps lend the space an open and spacious appearance.
    — Adam Williams march 03, New Atlas, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Its opening installments even find a way to cram in some exposition amid all the terror and mayhem, but by the end of the season, the ceaseless adrenaline and motion of the plot are something to behold.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Alexander was eventually able to leave the Superdome with 20 others, crammed in his pickup truck and headed to Baton Rouge.
    — Angelina Liu, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There's still time before the 77th Primetime Emmys to try to cram in the best and brightest of 2024-25 TV.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Once Gacy is caught, the media runs with the details — all those bodies crammed in that crawlspace, some of them buried in trenches Gacy made his employees dig out — and paints his victims as runaways or degenerates who put themselves in danger.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025

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