Dr. Fraker seemed to sense my apprehension and he touched at my elbow briefly.

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That is, until I, in my own sleepy state, accidentally slumped onto the flight attendant call button at my elbow, which chimed loudly and repeatedly.

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At various points during the operation, he observed, my right elbow rose to the level of my shoulder, on occasion higher.

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My mother instructed me to have a sharp elbow or a safety pin always at the ready, advice that is still handed down to Indian girls today.

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When all three of them were at the clinic together, I turned to head back home, but Veata came out onto the deck and grabbed my elbow with her bony, birdlike fingers.

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