Sentence examples for sharp-elbowed from inspiring English sources

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

Like a determined, sharp-elbowed New Yorker herself, she barrelled towards the city with no heed for conventions.

The personal nature of Biden's criticism offended the pearl clutchers of our nation's capital, who fetishize bipartisanship and cluck at behavior they deem excessively sharp-elbowed.

CONNOISSEURS are welcome at Bardith; sharp-elbowed browsers, less so.

Mensch may not care for drippy Cinderellas, but how about sharp-elbowed ones?

Washington is a sharp-elbowed town, but more transparent when it comes to lobbying than London.

And how can we compete with sharp-elbowed rivals from the emerging world?

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

Women, she thinks, need to be "pushy and sharp elbowed" to get ahead, particularly in male-dominated environments such as journalism.

During the Ford administration, Bush drew the envy of the sharp elbowed Donald Rumsfeld.

In comparison to the sharp elbowed free-for-all in the European press, America basks under the warm blanket of political correctness.