elbowroom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of elbowroom
Example Sentences
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Cast a Giant Shadow, another exercise in movie biography, may be filed as a case of mistaken identity: any resemblance to persons living or dead is sacrificed to make elbowroom for Hero Kirk Douglas.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the other hand, the Bolshoi Swan Lake provided the soloists with more elbowroom to stitch figures of gaudy and often moving brilliance.
From Time Magazine Archive
While winning elbowroom at the men's bar, she has lost her seat in the subway.
From Time Magazine Archive
With all its new elbowroom, the company danced with new grace and exuberance.
From Time Magazine Archive
You're slick, and they ain't elbowroom enough in the West for slick gents.
From The Rangeland Avenger by Max Brand
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