Shoulders

Examples

• It would then be carried on the shoulders of the men to their camps. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Why, what a cod's head and shoulders I am, said Mr. Jarndyce, to require reminding of it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Such aid is not always effectual, said Justinian significantly, whereat the Greek shrugged his shoulders, but made no reply. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Crispin shrugged his shoulders with a smile. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The person of the house shrugged her shoulders and shook her head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Why should he not one day be lifted above the shoulders of the crowd, and feel that he had won that eminence well? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The attorney shrugged his shoulders. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• My appearance, with my arm bandaged and my coat loose over my shoulders, favored my object. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The earth of the dugout was warm and dry and I let my shoulders back against the wall, sitting on the small of my back, and relaxed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The work done by a boy who raises a 5-pound knapsack to his shoulder would be 5x4, or 20, providing his shoulders were 4 feet from the ground. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• He laughed, I remember, and shrugged his shoulders, and said there was no use denying anything to a woman, for she would have her way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I shall no longer call you the Fairy of Midnight, he whispered, wrapping the shawl round her shoulders; your name will be the 'Moon Elf. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The brushing of skirts and elbows, sometimes the bumping of shoulders, could be heard against the very panels. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Lizzie finished putting the hair carefully back over the misshapen shoulders, and then lighted a candle. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• At last Clayton saw the immense muscles of Tarzan's shoulders and biceps leap into corded knots beneath the silver moonlight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• As they came up, he made out that they were gathered around a something that was carried on men's shoulders. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You shall take the whole responsibility of this discreditable settlement on your own shoulders before I leave the room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• At last her shoulders were out. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It's not my affair, said he, with a final shrug of the shoulders. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• His head was down and his shoulders rounded, as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed on to the pedals. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• As for his shoulders and arms they continued as before; Frenchmen cannot work miracles like German princes! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He means well: but you shrug your shoulders to hear him talk? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• But I'll wager that at ninety she would be near as upright as me, and near as broad across the shoulders. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• At that moment Justinian reappeared in the court, with a haggard face, his shoulders bent with the weight of his grief. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• With a deprecating smile, the host gently raised and gently lowered his shoulders. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• If I could but know one thing, what a burden of suspense would be lifted from my shoulders! Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Then the neighbour woman sat down on the floor, and took Mrs. Boucher's head and shoulders on her lap. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He drew her to the arm-chair near the fire, and placed a cushion behind her shoulders. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The Count shrugged his broad shoulders. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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