Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
elbows
IPA transcription: ['ɛlb,oʊz]
Usage examples
LEGS--Bent, or slightly bent, and out at elbows.
David propped himself up on his elbows and listened more intently.
The second time he raised himself upon his elbows and quietly watched the old warrior.
He swung his legs from the couch, and sat now upon the edge of it, his elbows on his knees.
LEGS--Short; fore-legs heavy, bowed out at elbows; hind-legs lighter, but firm and well shaped.
Leaning on his elbows and looking at the scene below, his mind worked busily on these last vital problems.
He sat down with elbows on knees and head on his hands, thinking of night, its secrecy, its immeasurable solitude.
There was nobody in the bar but a young Jew, who, with his two elbows on the counter, was reading a dirty newspaper.
It seemed to Bertha Kircher that the fingers of her hands were dead. The numbness was running up her arms to her elbows.
Abram set a foot on the third rail and leaned his elbows on the top. The Cardinal chipped delightedly and hopped and tilted closer.