elbow-to-elbow
Example Sentences
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People can sit elbow-to-elbow again at events with fixed seating, and sports events can take place as they did in pre-pandemic times.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2022
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
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
We still gathered to worship, enjoyed dinner at restaurants, hugged friends and packed elbow-to-elbow for sporting events.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2020
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
