On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Elbow. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as piping or pipe and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Elbow meaning
- The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
- Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
- A detective.
Synonyms of Elbow
Using Elbow
- The main meaning on this page is: The joint between the upper arm and the forearm. | Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent. | A detective.
- Useful related words include: elbow joint, cloth covering, piping, pipage.
- In the example corpus, elbow often appears in combinations such as: an elbow, the elbow, elbow and.
Context around Elbow
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Elbow
- In this selection, "elbow" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, single, operating, slam, off, may and move stand out and add context to how "elbow" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dislocated elbow may experience and a slam elbow drop quick. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "elbow" sits close to words such as burglary, defenses and desktop, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with elbow
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Elbow off the top, Tokyo Slam, Insane Elbow. (8 words)
Massaro then clocked the Snoring Elbow (discus elbow strike) for the pin. (12 words)
Collar and elbow, scoop and a slam, elbow drop, quick tag back to Jensen. (14 words)
It was Fox who suggested to Morgan that if he held his left elbow higher in the batter’s box — the rear elbow for a left-handed hitter like Morgan — he wouldn’t hit under the ball as often and would hit fewer pop-ups and more line drives. (49 words)
That includes having his elbow at the correct 90 degree angle when he brings the ball up and finishing his shot by extending his follow through to the point where his elbow above his eye, instead of finishing in a downward motion. (42 words)
According to Yankees insider Bryan Hoch, the team’s doctors examined Urshela’s elbow (remember, he missed time to due a bone spur in his right elbow) after the 2020 season and determined surgery wasn’t needed or recommended. (39 words)
SKY with the boot up, double stomp to the elbow off the second, arm wringer, uppercuts and elbows to the elbow, knucklelock and a armbreaker over the ropes! (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
The single elbow is an elbow move independent from any other move, whereas a follow-up elbow is the second strike from the same arm, being a hook or straight punch first with an elbow follow-up.
But the fact that we’re on the ground, operating elbow to elbow with the entrepreneurs, and also showing up for follow-on investments.
Collar and elbow, scoop and a slam, elbow drop, quick tag back to Jensen.
Owen comes in with an elbow to break up the count, but Shawn moves and Bulldog eats the elbow.
SKY with the boot up, double stomp to the elbow off the second, arm wringer, uppercuts and elbows to the elbow, knucklelock and a armbreaker over the ropes!
Massaro then clocked the Snoring Elbow (discus elbow strike) for the pin.
Pull your right elbow back, raising the dumbbell toward your chest, keeping your right elbow close to your torso, abs tight, and hips facing down.
Tag to Dutch misses an elbow, and now Danielson is tagged in. Forearms by Danielson, kicks in the corner, moonsault evasion into the running elbow.
That includes having his elbow at the correct 90 degree angle when he brings the ball up and finishing his shot by extending his follow through to the point where his elbow above his eye, instead of finishing in a downward motion.
Which says we must all live on postage stamp lots, elbow to elbow with each other.
According to Yankees insider Bryan Hoch, the team’s doctors examined Urshela’s elbow (remember, he missed time to due a bone spur in his right elbow) after the 2020 season and determined surgery wasn’t needed or recommended.
But even in those that are open, the experience of consuming the game – elbow to elbow at the bar, high-fiving and shouting at a television screen – will be different.
Diseased—people go to work on government buses and trains—knowing they are dirty, disease carriers, elbow to elbow.
Dozens of people sit elbow to elbow, greeting each other with hugs, even posing for pictures with an arm around Bundy's waist.
It was Fox who suggested to Morgan that if he held his left elbow higher in the batter’s box — the rear elbow for a left-handed hitter like Morgan — he wouldn’t hit under the ball as often and would hit fewer pop-ups and more line drives.
Tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow may be acute and develop suddenly, for example, after a bout of unaccustomed wrist actions, or the pain may have set in over time and become chronic.
Elbow off the top, Tokyo Slam, Insane Elbow.
However due to the seriousness of this condition, those with a dislocated elbow may experience long term problems such as elbow stiffness, weakness.
Flexion at the elbow is not allowed, but any extension of the elbow was deemed to be a throw and would be liable to be called a no ball.
The elbow divides the flow unevenly with more channeled to the outside of the elbow.
Common combinations with elbow
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an elbow 43×
- the elbow 22×
- elbow and 19×
- elbow to 14×
- his elbow 14×
- elbow drop 13×
- elbow from 12×
- right elbow 11×
- and elbow 8×
- back elbow 8×