elbow-bender

Definitions

Examples

• In March 2013 in Washington, D.C., Seth Bender got in the Uber he ordered and shortly thereafter committed the sin of burping.

• I shut my eyes yet felt aware of the garden at my elbow, the blooms opening as if in time-lapse, the stalks lengthening.

• Tarantino would name his production company with Lawrence Bender, A Band Apart, after the film.

• The document had no legal standing, but was offered to the public as a sharp elbow to some of the assertions made by Ryan.

• What the state really needs is to figure out how to elbow its way into the tech economy.

• Jos lifted himself on his elbow, and fixing his shining eyes on Ramona, said in Spanish, "My mother asks if you are travellers?"

• We must make more—much more—elbow room before the Turks get help from Asia or Constantinople.

• Having paused a few seconds to recover breath, he brushed his hat with his elbow, and declared himself ready.

• Just try it once, and you'll see how ingenious it is—only one must be careful not to throw out the elbow in turning out the wrist.

• Lettice raised herself suddenly on her elbow and looked down at him with earnestness.