How to Use elbow room in a Sentence

elbow room

noun
  • It's a small kitchen with very little elbow room.
  • Tables fill fast, but walk-ins may find elbow room.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • With that kind of elbow room, there's hardly a need to wake up early to claim a deck chair.
    — David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
  • With one leaf up, four people can sit around the table for dinner with elbow room to spare.
    — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Perhaps the wide stairway is to give workers and their equipment some elbow room.
    — Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
  • With this shift, folks are flocking to small town destinations with lots of charm and elbow room.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The area with the crosshatches gives the driver and the passengers even more elbow room to get in and out of their ride.
    — Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
  • And a few of them have come up with innovative new ways to gain back some digital elbow room on the road.
    — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
  • With that extra elbow room, Numarine was able to revamp the aft and beach club area.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2025
  • With food-truck season looming, the thought of additional elbow room is a dream come true.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2026
  • This creates a little extra elbow room when swiveled against the wall and also makes for a more relaxed lounge with views out the open door.
    — New Atlas, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Constructed of solid black walnut wood, this table has plenty of elbow room for eight.
    — Shannon Quimby, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023
  • But for decades, the city’s live music scene has struggled to find the kind of elbow room that helped launch its recording industry to global fame.
    — Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • But some get crowded on summer weekends, so a visit in spring (especially on a weekday) will give you more elbow room.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Pre-renovation, the flagship was more sectional, with less elbow room.
    — David Moin, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Anyone expecting a repeat of the ample elbow room on many cruises last summer should prepare.
    — Jacob Passy, WSJ, 25 May 2023
  • Chen now finds himself with plenty of elbow room during the workday, in an airy office surrounded by coffee shops and art galleries.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2013
  • Instead of feeling generous, the space feels tight and overworked, with chairs competing for attention and elbow room.
    — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Features like a drop-leaf or extendable dining tables can give each diner more elbow room, plus extra surface area for serving dishes.
    — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
  • More ergonomic design allows seats to use more or less the standard economy footprint while giving passengers more knee and elbow room.
    — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • Game rooms are designed for foosball, pool, billiards and air hockey tables as well as arcade games to have floor space and for players to have elbow room to really compete.
    — Jeastman, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The room has to be fitted to withstand two hours of fire, to give more elbow room to electricians working in it, and to be built with two exit doors, which isn’t always possible.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Rather than start a search for new leadership before bond holders force them to do so, directors argue that the current management team needs more elbow room to turn things around.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In the second component, prep and storage areas for food and accessories (all included) will give budding sous chefs plenty of elbow room.
    — Pamela Brill, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
  • And travelers won’t be fighting over elbow room—each passenger will enjoy their own lie-flat seat and dine on personalized onboard dishes.
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Fishers is looking for a little more elbow room around the art center and the Nickel Plate Amphitheater.
    — John Tuohy, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The crew of four — in the dim green glow of their spacecraft, with no more elbow room than a Sprinter van — entered a profound solitude few have ever experienced.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Eddie Renshaw and Evan Pierce finally have some elbow room in their new, larger Golden kitchen.
    — Lily O'Neill, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The 24 seats arranged in a 2-4-2 layout have hardshell seat backs so reclining passengers don’t steal away your elbow room.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2025
  • This trailer measures 34 inches wide, giving passengers a little extra elbow room whether it’s used as a trailer, stroller, or jogger.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023

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