Sentence examples for a sharp elbow from inspiring English sources

On Monday Allen caught Iverson in the mouth with a sharp elbow.

From an antitrust perspective, harm to competition is the litmus test, not just swinging a sharp elbow or two.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was noncommittal about what the city would do, but took the opportunity to throw a sharp elbow toward his potential rival.

He is often described as an old-school politician, who plays behind the scenes with a sharp elbow when needed, sometimes aimed at established powerbrokers.

With 1 minute 46 seconds gone in the game, the Spurs' Bruce Bowen threw a sharp elbow into the chest of Brent Barry of the Sonics.

The reviewer's sarcastic reactions to the book's familiar arguments about the respective sex drives of men and women ("I would never have thought it, would you?") are less the work of a hatchet than a sharp elbow to the ribs.

Yet, as a potential first lady, Mrs. Obama cannot act like a sharp-elbowed fighter.

The voluble Mr. Biden will also bring his famous scrappiness to what is already a sharp- elbowed campaign.

After five years of writing a sharp-elbowed column and two books of artfully arranged invective, he still manages to find people to eat lunch with.

He considered higher-tier banks but wanted to avoid their reputation for a "sharp-elbows" lifestyle.

Gone is the poppy directness of that record; Emotional Mugger squeals and shouts, an unruly child of an album, all sharp elbows and hyperactivity.