elbow-to-elbow
Example Sentences
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Markets usually attract elbow-to-elbow crowds to row upon row of ornament and food sellers, foot traffic that spills over into revenue for surrounding hotels and restaurants.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2021
Its low-wage workers typically stand elbow-to-elbow to do the work of cutting, deboning and packing meat, making them particularly vulnerable to the airborne virus.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021
In the House, the entrances to staff offices were shielded by plexiglass panels, but otherwise the 99 delegates in attendance, with one absent, sat elbow-to-elbow.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2021
His rhymes are dense thickets of references and wordplay, gotta-keep-up puns elbow-to-elbow with nerdy pop-culture detritus, like this passage from Madvillainy’s “Rhinestone Cowboy”:
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2021
At the nearby train station, people crowded elbow-to-elbow, the air filled with a multitude of voices.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
