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Synonyms for cram
Synonyms: Verb
crowd, crush, jam, ram, sandwich, shoehorn, squeeze, stuff, wedge
Synonyms: Noun
army, bike [chiefly Scottish], crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, scrum, swarm, throng
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Examples of cram in a Sentence
Verb
He crammed the suitcase with his clothes. Before the trip I crammed my head with information about Spain.Noun
battling the rush-hour cram in the subway
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
So keep that in mind as Brown tries to cram for his NFL debut. — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, "Five Things We Might Learn from 2019 Ravens training camp," 24 July 2019 While the problem affects weekday commuters, some of the worst slowdowns occur when Bay Area and Sacramento residents alike cram onto Interstate 80 for weekend getaways. — Tony Bizjak And Kellen Browning, sacbee, "Toll lanes on the Yolo Causeway? State begins tackling I-80 bottlenecks with creative ideas," 4 June 2018 College hoops in 'Hoosiers' home gym Only around 800 fans could cram into the gym for a matchup between a pair of top-level programs. — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, "'Field of Dreams' is getting a real game. Sports world should add events at these famous sites," 8 Aug. 2019 Taxis crammed with budget-minded backpackers trundle behind luxury SUVs from the nearby Kasbah Tamadot, Richard Branson’s luxury retreat, where rooms cost more than $600 a night. — Rachel Monroe, Outside Online, "Last winter, Moroccan officials found two hikers dead on the trail to the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. The international investigation that followed revealed the fragility of the adventure travel economy, as well as what happens when a small tourist hub is suddenly made strange by violence.," 29 July 2019 On August 2, 2007, three Russian explorers crammed inside a submersible underneath thick sea ice at the North Pole descended 4,300 meters to the dark seafloor below. — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, "Nations Claim Large Overlapping Sections of Arctic Seafloor," 23 July 2019 Pack jars, but don’t cram them; leave just enough room for the pickling solution to get in between the vegetables in the jar. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Quick pickling gives fresh veggies and fruit a tangy crunch in a day or less," 16 July 2019 On Tuesday, more than 100 people crammed into the council chambers and even more people filled multiple overflow rooms. — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, "Fremont roiled by debate over centers for growing homeless population," 9 July 2019 The subsequent hearing attracted national attention, with reporters cramming into the Brattleboro town hall, and, in the opinion of most, the jokey, convivial local fellow came off far better than the stuffy, irascible Englishman. — Charles Mcgrath, The New Yorker, "Rudyard Kipling in America," 1 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Attendees and performers pre-gamed the fest with online cram sessions into each other’s SoundCloud pages and Instagram accounts. — Michael Andor Brodeur, BostonGlobe.com, "At this campout, a digital community connected over disconnecting in the woods," 22 Aug. 2019 Hawkers, hackers, and pickpockets hunting for iPhones all cram onto the pedestrian sky bridge that spans Zhongguancun Road. — Matt Sheehan, WIRED, "WFH: Chinese Engineers Abroad Come Back," 13 Aug. 2019 The Flip 4 boasts 12 hours of high-quality audio, which should be enough to last through any party or all-night cram session. — Julianne Ross, CNN Underscored, "Pick up a sleek Bluetooth speaker to blast tunes in your dorm room," 24 July 2019 His experience last season was akin to a months-long cram session. — Luke Johnson, nola.com, "Teddy Bridgewater saw potential for growth in New Orleans, so he stayed," 24 June 2019 Getting off a plane to go play football for three hours after a week-long cram session of film study, workouts and practice seems downright draining. — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, "Colts have one of the lightest travel schedules in the NFL. Will it matter? Probably not.," 11 June 2019 Until then, its cram time, which will extend through his summer break, before training camp begins, as Gesicki plans to use his father as his dry-erase board partner. — Omar Kelly, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Dolphins rookie tight ends Mike Gesicki, Durham Smythe cramming to play catch up," 11 June 2018 More than seven million commuters a day cram onto the city’s existing creaky suburban railway network. — Corinne Abrams, WSJ, "‘You Have to Actually Cut Open Mumbai’s Belly’—Inside One of the World’s Most Audacious Transit Projects," 6 Jan. 2019 Henna tattoo designs for brides, village cooking, spiritual gurus and Indian engineering-school entrance-exam cram courses are new genres that are thriving. — Eric Bellman, WSJ, "Indians Are Binge-Watching Mobile Videos, Pushing YouTube, Others to Innovate," 21 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cram.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.