elbow

Example Sentences

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Despite receiving treatment from the team's physio at half-time, Lang did not realise the cut on his elbow had been infected until he noticed swelling and increasing pain during a night shift that evening.

From BBC

Katherine sat down on the curb, her elbows propped on her knees, her face caught in her hands.

From Literature

It’s another thing to go elbow to elbow with a group of elite madmen barreling down an Alpine pass at 50 miles per hour.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fiala, who was laying face down on the ice, was able to prop himself on his elbows but did not move his lower body before being placed on a stretcher and taken to a hospital.

From Los Angeles Times

Fritz also fought back after suffering a right elbow injury returning a Korda shot in the second set.

From Barron's