1. to manage to say something when other people are talking and ignoring you; to insert a word or sentence into an otherwise one-sided conversation

1. It was such an exciting conversation that I could hardly get a word in edgewise

2. Mary talks so fast that nobody can get a word in edgeways.

3. Elizabeth talked on and on. No one else got a chance to tell her what he or she thought because they couldn’t get a word in edgewise.

4. Jerry finally got a word in edgewise when Tony stopped talking to take a drink.

5. I'll be lucky if I get a word in edgewise.