elbowing

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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In this life of elbowings, unknown strangers assume an extreme importance. — Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant
When he re-entered the streets, the passers-by elbowing each other by the light of the shop-fronts, produced upon him the effect of a constant going and coming of spectres about him. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
In the light of the general principles we have evoked, the elbowings among the officers of the bank are lifted into the dignity of instances, examples, phenomena illustrating human nature and human history. — The Faith Doctor: A Story of New York, Edward Eggleston

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