elbow room

Example Sentences

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Amsterdam’s canals may be gloriously picturesque, but try finding the elbow room to get a decent photo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

The shift will likely provide some extra elbow room in the carpool lanes and possibly inspire more drivers to carpool once again, experts say.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

Yeah, you don’t have a lot of elbow room.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2023

But conventional accelerators require plenty of elbow room -- kilometers -- making them expensive and limiting their presence to a handful of national labs and universities.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

Not so long ago H. Wayne Huizenga, the billionaire founder of Blockbuster and owner of the Miami Dolphins, wanted more elbow room and bought a neighboring house for $2.5 million.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times