elbow

Definition:
1. The joint between the upper and lower parts of the arm where it bends in the middle.
2. Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.

Use 'elbow' in a sentence:

• 1. He's fractured his elbow.
• 2. O'Brien sat on a bar stool and leaned his elbows on the counter.
• 3. He had a patch on the elbow of his jacket.
• 4. She raised herself on one elbow.
• 5. I may have caught him with my elbow but it was just an accident.
• 6. Environmental concerns will elbow their way right to the top of the agenda.
• 7. The sleeves are tight to the elbow, then flare out.
• 8. She jabbed him with her elbow.
• 9. Dr. Gong pierced them into my left arm, around the elbow that had been bothering me.
• 10. He raised himself on his elbows, squinting into the sun.
• 11. When you hit the nerve that is near your elbow, it really hurts or tingles.
• 12. Brand elbowed his way to the centre of the group of bystanders.
• 13. He elbowed his way through the crowd.
• 14. She gave him a jab in the stomach with her elbow.
• 15. She propped herself up on one elbow.
• 16. Mr Smith elbowed me in the face.
• 17. The jacket was worn at the elbows.
• 18. Don't elbow me off the sideway.
• 19. There was not much elbow room in the cockpit of a Snipe.
• 20. The Rat, alarmed, pulled him by the elbow, but it was too late.
• 21. She held me firmly by the elbow and led me to my aisle seat.
• 22. Pettitte hurt an elbow tendon while batting.
• 23. Non-state firms gradually elbow aside the inefficient state-owned ones.
• 24. Keep the dictionary at your elbow so you can use it for reference anytime.
• 25. His speech was designed to give himself more political elbow room.
• 26. Billy Ewing grabbed him by the elbow and took him aside.
• 27. She said to a girl almost at Tom's elbow--with sham vivacity, "Why, Mary Austin!"
• 28. Then I remembered the torturing pain in that left elbow.
• 29. He raised himself on one elbow and looked at the bedside clock.
• 30. Don't hyperextend your elbow.
• 31. Surgeons saved a man's arm after it was hacked off at the elbow.
• 32. Here is a pair of lined gloves of my mother's; they just reach up to your elbow.
• 33. If you don't have tissues, you should sneeze into your elbow, not your hand, even if you are used to doing that.
• 34. The Centers for Disease Control also suggest that sneezing and coughing into your elbow is necessary.
• 35. He raised himself up on one elbow.
• 36. Tom lay upon his elbow motionless, for some time, watching the two intently.
• 37. The ambulancemen had to elbow their way through the huge crowd standing round the crashed cars.
• 38. He lay beside her awkwardly, propped on an elbow.
• 39. The funny bone probably got its name from the bone that is above your elbow.
• 40. I placed his drink on the small table at his elbow.
• 41. She broke free by thrusting her elbow into his chest.
• 42. She poked him in the ribs with her elbow.
• 43. His elbow was pressing against some hard substance.
• 44. Why use my elbow and foot?
• 45. Latoya grabbed him by the elbow and took him aside.
• 46. The wounded soldier levered himself up on his elbow and shouted for help.
• 47. He jabbed his elbow into my side.
• 48. Elbow pads and knee pads are essential on a skateboard.
• 49. The practice that can help you past your learned bad habits of trying to edit as you write is what Elbow calls "free writing".
• 50. His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve.
• 51. They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward.
• 52. "I couldn't help it," said Five, in a sulky tone, "Seven jogged my elbow."
• 53. I've worn through the elbow of this old coat at last.
• 54. When you bend your elbow, you contract the muscles of the arm.
• 55. In some countries people stand close enough to touch elbows.
• 56. When I was born, the doctor explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow.
• 57. She poked her elbow into his ribs.
• 58. She elbowed me out of the way to get to the front of the line.
• 59. It took a considerable amount of polish and elbow grease before the brass shone like new.
• 60. He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow.
• 61. She was cradling a small parcel in the crook of her elbow.
• 62. Two men suddenly elbowed a passage through the shoppers.
• 63. When you are sitting, keep your elbow on the arm rest.
• 64. Someone jogged her elbow, making her spill her coffee.