elbowed bougie

[ ĕl′bōd′ ]

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A bougie with a sharply angulated bend near its tip.

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

GOProud first elbowed its way into the conservative movement in the spring of 2009, but struggled in its early days as a startup.
Inside the Implosion of GOProud, the Right’s Most Notorious Pro-Gay Group|Tim Mak|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The co-founders of Gray Matter, the pharmaceutical company he invented and was then elbowed out of.
‘Granite State,’ the Penultimate Episode of ‘Breaking Bad,’ Is Walter White’s Final Act|Andrew Romano|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Obama took his case to Twitter, the GOP made a counteroffer, and a right-wing think tank elbowed its way into the debate.
Fiscal Cliff, Day 27: #Stalemate|Daniel Gross|December 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But Israeli party politics is known for being a sharp-elbowed game.
Shelly Yachimovich’s Balancing Act|Brent E. Sasley|December 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Nor is Lemann bothered by the popularity of sharp-elbowed, hyperpartisan cable news outlets like MSNBC and Fox News.
Nicholas Lemann: Journalism Is Doing Just Fine|Michael Moynihan|October 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He elbowed, criticised, scolded and toadied to Clement Chardin des Lupeaulx and other office-holders.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
A pimply-faced office boy elbowed him out of it and the man turned away meekly.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
A tall man elbowed his way through the crowd, and in letters half an inch high, wrote his name, 'Chicot.'
Chicot the Jester|Alexandre Dumas, Pere
How the pink-cheeked high school girls elbowed each other to get a peep at the post-mark!
Molly Make-Believe|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Sir John, whose walk in life had been through crowds, elbowed his way forward and deliberately walked against Guy Oscard.
With Edged Tools|Henry Seton Merriman