elbow

Example Sentences

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It happens off the ball but is more identifiable than the subtle elbow to the chest or a nip to the stomach.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

When Ben Jones made his move on 28-1 shot Jordans around the final bend, Townend stalked the leaders on I Am Maximus and finally burst for the front near the famous Aintree elbow.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The body doesn’t adapt overnight, and when volume ramps up too quickly, pain tends to show up in the lower back, shoulder, elbow or wrist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

As orthopaedic surgeons, my colleague Jack Twomey-Kozak and I see the consequences of those forces in our clinics: back strains, rotator-cuff injuries, golfer’s elbow and wrist problems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Many’s the time she’d striped Charlie Parr’s other end, back before the arthritis got in her elbow.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck