Synonyms for elbow room

Grammar : Noun

Spell : el-boh-room, -roo m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛl boʊˌrum, -ˌrʊm

Définition of elbow room

noun room to maneuver

Example sentences :

What it lacked in conveniences it made up in opportunities and elbow room.
Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone

He had to have elbow room no matter where he had to go to get it.
Extract from : « Blue Ridge Country » by Jean Thomas

I prefer the mountains, where at any rate you have elbow room.
Extract from : « The Smuggler Chief » by Gustave Aimard

Sunshine and thin air are abundant, however, and elbow room.
Extract from : « Trees Worth Knowing » by Julia Ellen Rogers

Some persons, as she reflected, are permitted an amount of elbow room altogether disproportionate to their deserts.
Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

A quaint old writer says that the presence of a saint 'hinders the devil of elbow room to do his tricks.'
Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

This gave the masses of ice much more “elbow room,” and decreased the danger of capsizing.
Extract from : « The Telegraph Messenger Boy » by Edward S. Ellis

Lack o' exercise an' fresh air, an' elbow room hev done fur poor Sol Hyde at last.
Extract from : « The Free Rangers » by Joseph A. Altsheler

And all because the Screwing Company would not buy land enough to get elbow room.
Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 2 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore

There was plenty of elbow room; no more of the overcrowding they had suffered since they landed.
Extract from : « Our Casualty And Other Stories » by James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham

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