'shoulder' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'shoulder' with 20 example sentences.
- shoulder noun
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: the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
: a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
: a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
: the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
: a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
- shoulder verb
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: lift onto one's shoulders
: push with the shoulders
: carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
He was wounded in the shoulder.
Would you like me to massage your shoulders?
She fell asleep on my shoulder.
Atlas is often depicted carrying the Earth on his shoulders.
I have a tattoo on my left shoulder.
How did you fracture your shoulder?
She always gives me the cold shoulder.
He has a good head on his shoulders.
He just shrugged his shoulders.
You've got broad shoulders.
My little daughter likes to sit on my shoulders.
The cat jumped up on his shoulders.
My sister's hair reaches to her shoulders.
I have had my hair cut shoulder length.
My back and shoulders are sore.
It's like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
His shoulder hurts because he carried a very heavy suitcase.
He carried a rifle on his shoulder.
I felt pressure on my shoulder and turned around.
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.