[
US
/ˈɛɫˌboʊɪŋ/
]
[ UK /ˈɛlbəʊɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ˈɛlbəʊɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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jostling with the elbows
elbowing is a foul in basketball
How To Use elbowing In A Sentence
- The grilled calamari was much better, although our waiter forgot the crucial lemon wedge and had to go elbowing back through the crowd to retrieve it.
- Which is a safe choice, but hardly the point of a festival about elbowing the creative boundaries a little.
- The story was on the front page, elbowing aside the peace talks.
- Janey sing-songed, elbowing me in hopes of a happier response.
- A plucky schoolboy fought off a robber who tried to steal his sweet money by elbowing him in the stomach.
- Logan pushed his way through the crowd, elbowing people left and right.
- Which means I'm on a mission: elbowing my way past strangers, zig-zagging between cars, even occasionally breaking into a uncharacteristically moderately paced stroll.
- So do the shadows and the sunshine wander, elbowing into one another on the moor, and so does the glance of smiling foliage soothe the austerity of crag and scaur. Mary Anerley
- Wouldn't it be interesting if the organisation and the referees get really tough on the pulling, dragging and elbowing that passes for football.
- Add to that the speeding fine and a five-match ban for elbowing an opponent.