Edgeways

When my wife's friend comes to visit, I find it hard to get a word in edgeways.

A lady in my meeting talked so much I just could not get a word in edgeways.

Will you let me get a word in edgeways?

His wife talks non-stop. You can't get a word in edgeways.

Tom talked and talked, and wouldn't let Mary get a word in edgeways.

The interchange between Tom and Mary was so fast-paced that I just couldn't get a word in edgeways. In the end I gave up the attempt and just stood there, smiling.

"I couldn't get a word in Edgeware." "Don't you mean 'edgeways'?"

'I never can get a word in edgeways when I'm with you,' she returned. 'You're such a chatterbox.'

Tom talked non-stop for three hours. It was impossible to get a word in edgeways.

an edgeways motion