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Synonyms for elbow-room


Grammar : Noun
Spell : el-boh-room, -roo m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛl boʊˌrum, -ˌrʊm



Définition of elbow-room

  • As in elbow room : noun room to maneuver
Example sentences :
  • And Elbow-room was Burgoyne's name for a long time thereafter.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • Then why isn't he giving us elbow-room on the outside of that buoy, sir?
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • It may not have what can properly be called grounds, but it must have elbow-room, at any rate.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • This means not only plenty of "elbow-room" upon the water, but of shore-room.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 » by Various
  • Work is better done when you can see what you do, and have elbow-room.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Bread » by Peter Kropotkin
  • I still made the most of my elbow-room in class and at meals, but it ceased to be amusing.
  • Extract from : « Boycotted » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • I have to attend to 'm, I have to be politic and give her elbow-room for her natural angles.
  • Extract from : « The Celt and Saxon, Complete » by George Meredith
  • He was the thirtieth in a room where there was not elbow-room for four.
  • Extract from : « The Countess of Charny » by Alexandre Dumas (pere)
  • And if he could not still have health and liberty, he would at least have elbow-room.
  • Extract from : « The Silver Poppy » by Arthur Stringer
  • Elbow-room has been quite scarce in Nashville during the past week.
  • Extract from : « The American Joe Miller » by Various

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