How to use cram in a sentence

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• We couldn't afford the good tickets, so we spent the flight crammed in coach.From the entry coach
• The soup was distastefully crammed with every spice from the spice cabinet.From the entry distastefully
• The meeting was distastefully crammed with trivial agenda items.From the entry distastefully
• The roads are crammed with parents on the school run.From the entry school run
• If the controls are crammed together, mistaps may happen.From the entry mistap
• You can't just cram those two pieces together.From the entry cram together
• You're cramming together ideas that don't work together.From the entry cram together
• From wall to wall and floor to ceiling, it is crammed with vast rolls of paper.2023 February 23, “A guide in Africa”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jul…. From the entry visitor
• You just crammed everything you could in the washer, put in some soap and turned it on.2020, Lil Pop, Hampton 3. From the entry tidy whities
• The day after his arrival in Birmingham, in the conference hall, he crammed his speech with Borisisms.2019, Harry Mount, The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson, Bloomsbury, →ISBN. From the entry Borisism
• This club was crammed full of men who'd lived through the afternoon's rollercoastering emotions.2011, Mark Fleming, Brainbomb, page 101. From the entry rollercoastering
• They often want to cram every stray fact and experience into their new model.2010 September 27, Malcolm Gladwell, “Small Change”, in The New Yorker. From the entry solipsist
• Don't cram them in — they won't cook as crispily and they'll take longer.2009, Carolyn Dean, L. Christine Wheeler, IBS Cookbook For Dummies, page 110. From the entry crispily
• The pampushky were crammed with a flavourful but slightly tart prune filling.2007 January 18–24, Jennifer Marie Lewin, “Khrystos Rodyvsya means never never having to say you’re full”, in Ron Garth, editor, Vue…. From the entry pampushka
• Today they measure a student's ability to cram for what was once billed as an uncrammable test.2002, Karin Kasdin, Watsamatta U, Chandler House Press, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry uncrammable
• A Brownie pushed a baby carriage crammed with a zoo of stuffed animals.1997, Samuel F. Pickering, “The Blue Caterpillar”, in The Blue Caterpillar and Other Essays, page 63. From the entry brownie
• The owners want to cram a salary cap down the players’ collective (bargaining) throat.1994 August 2, Bill Plunkett, “When these 2 sides get together, players strike”, in The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif., →OCLC, page D1. From the entry mnh-mnh
• Dill led Jem away and crammed him beneath the steps, poking him with the brushbroom.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry brushbroom
• Third class carriages have wooden seats and centre corridors; they are always crammed to bursting point.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263. From the entry bursting point
• Billie's Bobtail half was crammed with the loyalty, lovableness, wisdom, courage and kindness of the breed.1944, Emily Carr, “Kennel”, in The House of All Sorts. From the entry show bench
• Then he wrenched off the top of a box, and commenced to cram chewing-gum into his mouth.1940 April 27, Max Stafford, “Speed on the Sands”, in Illustrated Leicester Chronicle, page 18, column 3. From the entry chewing-gum
• Caffeine is a key accessory for dark academics, needed to fuel all those late-night cram sessions and possible dionysian rituals.2022 January 20, Lauren Bravo, “'Dark academia' is Gen Z's favourite look – but can a grown-up wear the collegiate trend?”, in The…. From the entry dark academic
• They'd all crammed into my tiny office to stare at the snowliage, a reminder that life could still hold unforeseen beauty.2021, Deborah Copaken, Ladyparts: A Memoir, page 135. From the entry snowliage
• Determined 'bashers' do still ride trains, of course, seeking to cram the largest number of route-miles into 24 hours.2017, Ian Carter, British railway enthusiasm, page 102. From the entry basher
• Whoever is playing for Arsenal, they just love to cram central areas and knock the ball around in the attacking third.2014 March 1, Mike Pejic, “Making the Britannia Stadium a fortress key to Stoke City's Premier League survival”, in The Sentinel, UK…. From the entry play the angles
• Its rickety shelves, spread over four floors, are crammed with American masterpieces from the likes of Hemmingway and Flannery O’Connor.2009 June 8, Derbhile Dromey, “10 best bookshops in the world”, in Irish Independent. From the entry ABC
• The baby was crammed against one of her bosoms.2009, Emma Smith, The Great Western Beach, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 241. From the entry bosom
• Nureyev was always inclined to overchoreograph, cramming steps onto every beat, a tendency only increased when he restaged ballets.2007 December 17, Alastair Macaulay, “A Tale of Two Nutcrackers, With More Than a Chunnel Between Them”, in New York Times. From the entry overchoreograph
• She's never been in their apartment before and, no surprise, it's crammed with antiquey knickknacks from the shop.2006, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, The Writing on the Wall. From the entry antiquey
• It was tough cramming for those midterms and finals, staying up 72 hours straight hepped up on caffeine and pizza.2005 April 13, Robert MacMillan, “Steal This Song”, in The Washington Post, retrieved 03 Oct 2008. From the entry final
• Cram developed the cyclic urea unit as a particularly strong ligand for ammoniums, as it is a strong hydrogen-bond acceptor.2004, J. L. Atwood, Jonathan W. Steed, Encyclopedia of supramolecular chemistry, Volume 2. From the entry ammoniums
• Its waterways are crammed with fishing boats and nets, and its restaurants resplendent with fish and seafood freshly caught.2004 June 27, Joan Stanley-Baker, “Arts get regional in Fangliao”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug…. From the entry Pingdong

Meaning of cram

1. verb To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.
2. verb To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.
3. verb To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.

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Questions about cram in a sentence

How do you use cram in a sentence?

Cram is used as a verb and noun. For example: “A pupil is crammed by his tutor.”

What is a short sentence with cram?

“a cram from an examination”

What does cram mean?

Cram means to press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.