Shouldered

Examples

• He was of a chuckle-headed, high-shouldered make, with a general appearance of being, not so much a young man as a swelled boy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• With those words, and a final snap of his fingers, Mr. Stryver shouldered himself into Fleet-street, amidst the general approbation of his hearers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He replied with the high-shouldered bow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And then rousing herself, she said, 'He is a tall, broad-shouldered man, about--how old, papa? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Your eyes dwell on a Vulcan,--a real blacksmith, brown, broad-shouldered: and blind and lame into the bargain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He smiled with a high-shouldered bow again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I flung the curtain aside and found myself face to face with a broad-shouldered elderly man, who had just stepped into the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had caught sight, across the house, of Winsett's shabby round-shouldered back, and had once noticed his eyes turned toward the Beaufort box. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• And the Wirt's black, beetle-like, broad-shouldered figure went on ignominiously in front, towards the noise. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And with that, he shook hands warmly, shouldered Tina, and went away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He was a short, bald old man, in a high-shouldered black coat and waistcoat, drab breeches, and long drab gaiters. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Perhaps I want to get even with some of the people who cold-shouldered me last year--put it that way if it sounds better. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Towards Soho, therefore, Mr. Stryver shouldered his way from the Temple, while the bloom of the Long Vacation's infancy was still upon it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• With that, Jo shouldered her broom and marched into the house, wondering what they would all say to her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She is pale and meagre and high-shouldered, and has not a word to say for herself, evidently. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

Edited by Bessie