1 She was their opening wedge into the old society they wished to enter, the society which scorned them, would not return calls and bowed frigidly in churches.
2 In fact, she was more than their wedge into society.
3 But Bonnie had the combined charm of Scarlett and Rhett at their best and she was the small opening wedge Rhett drove into the wall of Atlanta's coldness.
4 His heaven-insulting purpose, God may wedge aside.
5 A quoin is a solid which differs from a wedge in having its sharp end formed by the steep inclination of one side, instead of the mutual tapering of both sides.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun. 6 It might not be a perfect system; nothing was perfect; but what he objected to, was, the insertion of the wedge.
7 Insert the wedge into the Prerogative Office, and the country would cease to be glorious.
8 Dantes saw that he must attack the wedge.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave. 9 "The thin edge of the wedge," said Mr. Henchy.
10 He ended; all with spirit alike emulous form a wedge and advance in serried masses to the walls.
11 Melanie's bare feet were almost in her face and, under the wagon seat, Prissy was curled up like a black cat with the small baby wedged in between her and Wade.
12 As Selden turned away, he noticed the dark flush on Trenor's face, the unpleasant moisture of his intensely white forehead, the way his jewelled rings were wedged in the creases of his fat red fingers.
13 It was as the immortalizer of such occasions that little Dabham, wedged in modest watchfulness between two brilliant neighbours, suddenly became the centre of Selden's scrutiny.
14 The imitation was prevented by a mild expression of anger from Wallis in whose mouthpiece the cigarette had become too tightly wedged.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 2 15 At the sudden screech there was a movement of abject terror through that wedged mass of bodies.