Examples of use of Edgewise
1. Don‘t we have a right to a normal life?" Ben Yizri tried to get a word in edgewise but failed.
2. John Edwards, running a distant third in the Democratic race, accused them of squabbling and often had trouble getting a word in edgewise.
3. A heavenly emissary sends Kate back to Earth to sort out some unfinished business, though Kate is such a controlling type (the movie‘s original title was "Ghost Bitch"), she hardly lets the angel get a word in edgewise and misconstrues the object of her mission.
4. From Bobby T., who was clipping Fishbone‘s hair at the far end of the shop, to the entrance, where Darrell was trying to get a word in edgewise over trash–talking Jerome, the buzz was all about the mad scramble by the rich, white prospective owners of the Washington Nationals baseball team to recruit African American men into their investor groups.