- present participle of shoulder.
shouldering
Example Sentences
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At the same time, households face growing difficulty shouldering rising home insurance costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
And yet this same group of workers is also shouldering the care of aging parents and adult children.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
For American farmers already shouldering higher costs, the Mideast disruption has boosted prices for certain fertilizers by about 30%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
One never wants to see a single stock shouldering all the weight of a group.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
With a quick clasp of Kit’s hand she was gone and Nat, shouldering her trunk in one easy motion, followed her along the narrow dirt road.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
