1. forced or squeezed into an inadequate space or situation
Usage: past tense and past participle of shoehorn
2. awkwardly fitted or inserted something where it does not naturally belong
Usage: often implies forcing something inappropriate into a context

Examples

• The large sofa was shoehorned into the tiny apartment.
• He shoehorned an irrelevant joke into his serious presentation.
• The new policy was shoehorned into the existing framework.
• She shoehorned herself into the crowded elevator.
• The director shoehorned too many subplots into the film.
• They shoehorned the meeting into an already packed schedule.