Wondering how to use Elbowing in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as jostle or jostling.
Elbowing meaning
present participle and gerund of elbow
Using Elbowing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of elbow
- Useful related words include: jostle, jostling.
- In the example corpus, elbowing often appears in combinations such as: for elbowing, elbowing him, elbowing their.
Context around Elbowing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Elbowing
- In this selection, "elbowing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chest, clearly, now, dara, stars and towns stand out and add context to how "elbowing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused of elbowing a 37 and assessed for elbowing golden knights. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "elbowing" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with elbowing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bertuzzi was sent off for elbowing Stars forward Colin Blackwell in the face. (13 words)
Pushing and elbowing my way through the crowd, I finally reached my office. (13 words)
At that point the defendant turned around and punched him to the chest, elbowing him a number of times. (19 words)
But with finance and defense now elbowing it out of the way, many in the health policy world are rueing the missed opportunity to cement health as a priority role as they watch it fall to familiar unglamorous territory at the bottom of the heap. (45 words)
All Blacks winger Jordie Barrett was then sin-binned for elbowing Dane Haylett-Petty, and New Zealand bombed two tries when Dane Coles knocked on in goal, and Clarke was prevented from touching down by the sliding knees of Marika Koroibete. (41 words)
But the story of women elbowing their way into reporting and editing positions began with hundreds of well-educated, scrappy women, who knew that if they were held back from reporting positions, their stories would never get told. (38 words)
What happens is then the rest of the team starts elbowing these guys in the side and they say, "Hey, what's going on with you? (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
At that point the defendant turned around and punched him to the chest, elbowing him a number of times.
Ex-Wrexham striker Mike Fondop was sent-off for elbowing O'Connell to heap more misery on mid-table Oldham who saw substitute Jordan Davies' shot deflect off a defender and only just clear the bar.
In a series of incidents he kicked and punched her in the torso, arms, legs as well as split the victim's lip by elbowing her in the face.
The striker somehow managed to avoid a straight red during the first-half of Burnley’s emphatic 5-0 win despite clearly elbowing Dara O’Shea in the face.
Bertuzzi was sent off for elbowing Stars forward Colin Blackwell in the face.
But with finance and defense now elbowing it out of the way, many in the health policy world are rueing the missed opportunity to cement health as a priority role as they watch it fall to familiar unglamorous territory at the bottom of the heap.
By that point, the game was already physical and drawn by an avalanche of whistles, including a flagrant foul on Suggs for elbowing Towns in the mouth.
Mr. Stora is also accused of elbowing a 37-year-old woman in the shoulder, causing pain and bruising, in October 2023.
Rangers captain Jacob Trouba served the second game of a two-game suspension assessed for elbowing Golden Knights forward Pavel Dorofeyev on Jan.
We take a break and come back with Andrade elbowing him in the face and grabbing a dragon screw legwhip.
All Blacks winger Jordie Barrett was then sin-binned for elbowing Dane Haylett-Petty, and New Zealand bombed two tries when Dane Coles knocked on in goal, and Clarke was prevented from touching down by the sliding knees of Marika Koroibete.
Chicha took over from Lt-Col Regis Mangezi, who was moved to command the 1 PG Battalion following the elbowing out of Lt-Col Solomon Murombo from the unit.
For progressives like Mr. Sanders and Ms. Warren, Mr. Bloomberg is a gift-wrapped contrast, a flesh-and-blood billionaire elbowing into the process on cue.
She’ll do it all with a smile on her face, elbowing you, as if you find this funny, too.
What happens is then the rest of the team starts elbowing these guys in the side and they say, "Hey, what's going on with you?
But the story of women elbowing their way into reporting and editing positions began with hundreds of well-educated, scrappy women, who knew that if they were held back from reporting positions, their stories would never get told.
Emirati defender Ismail Ahmed was also sent off before the match ended for elbowing Qatar’s Salem el-Hajri in the face.
NHL — Suspended Columbus F Nick Foligno for three games for elbowing Colorado F Pierre-Edouard Bellemare during a Nov. 9 game.
Pushing and elbowing my way through the crowd, I finally reached my office.
Roman Polak would send the Flyers to a power play at 16:56 when he inexplicably committed a violent crime for some reason, elbowing Ryan Hartman in the goddamn face.
Common combinations with elbowing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: