Sentence examples for a jam for from inspiring English sources

They had been in a jam for more than seven hours before they were given water by police officers.

This is a jam for marmalade lovers, for grown-ups who like a little balance in their bite.

The Philadelphia closer, Jeff Brantley, allowed a leadoff homer by Marquis Grissom in the ninth, then escaped a jam for his 12th save in 12 chances.

During the Mets' 3-1 victory against the Yankees on Thursday night, the first grounder hit to Quintanilla — a potential double-play ball with no outs in the second inning — rolled straight through his legs for an error, creating a jam for Dillon Gee.

It is, if you haven't gathered, a jam for the ladies.

This weekend we have a jam for the ladies (and the fashion forward men).

After being stuck in a traffic jam for an hour, I arrived to the Louhu bus station at midnight to find Kwok, a small, wiry, very energetic man of about forty.

Even al-Qaida of Mesopotamia seems to be in a bit of a jam - for suicide bombs and the massacre of innocents can be counter-productive.

("Like a jam session for people who like typewriters," said Michael McGettigan, 56, a local bike shop owner who came up with the idea.

Had a proper madeleine moment when I ate one later – hadn't had a jam tart for years and I came over a bit emotional.

Re "In a 'Jam,' Dean Apologizes for Remarks on Rebel Flag" (news article, Nov. 6): Howard Dean says: "When people get in my face, I tend to get in theirs.