- present participle of cram.
cramming
Example Sentences
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The fate of a franchise depends on cramming them into a vast, complex puzzle of resource allocation that’s harder to navigate than a swimming pool in a straitjacket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He says he does not want to share his name as he stands among the crowds cramming into vantage points for a view of Chongqing's neon-lit, stacked skyline.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
“Meghan’s serving your insatiable thirst for dance-ready bops with the upbeat banger that is ‘Foolish,’” the release stated, cramming two bits of gay slang into one sentence.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
“It’s not like the campaign for governor, where cramming 10 candidates on a stage becomes a circus.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
She looked around, but all she could see were wide eyes and hopeless faces, pale faces, dark faces, old faces, young faces, all the dead cramming and crowding, close and silent and sorrowful.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
