Thesaurus results for ELBOW ROOM

elbow room

noun

Definition of elbow room

as in room

an extent or area available for or used up by some activity or thing help me move the furniture so that we'll have enough elbow room to do some aerobics

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Recent Examples of elbow room 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 After having their second child in February last year, Zachary and Victoria Glasser needed a little more elbow room. — Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2026 These moments of tenderness are given uncommon elbow room, never overstaying their welcome but always reinforcing the web of connections between characters. — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 19 May 2026 The angle of the open tent top will cut into the 48-in (122-cm) width, affecting the shoulder and elbow room of whoever's sleeping next to it, but IO compensates by giving the fabric entry-side wall a similar angle. — New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for elbow room

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While working on the Venezuela rescue mission, Short and the other team members were recently firing up a smoker for burgers and roasted potatoes in the kitchen a floor below their conference room.

— Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The ruins of Dungeness, a 59-room, 37,000-square-foot estate house dating to the mid-1880s, once owned by Thomas Carnegie, brother and business partner of Pittsburgh steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.

— Jennifer Peebles, AJC.com, 7 July 2026

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As adult influencers dominate online fashion culture, and tweens and teens see the same content as adults, there are fewer spaces for young people to develop styles of their own.

— Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 2 July 2026
Delta has bid for and appears to be the likely winner for control of two gates, the ticketing lobby and support space previously controlled by Spirit Airlines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 2 July 2026

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