shoulder

Example Sentences

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"I'm so grateful to be honored and to be with those who are the giants that I jumped up on their shoulders and they carried me."

From Barron's

Brown’s 2021 visit to Africa’s central spot, in the Central African Republic, required hiring a helicopter and bringing along a few machine-gun-toting government soldiers so he could shoulder through dense jungle to the appointed coordinates.

From The Wall Street Journal

That might change now and, when he got his first goal, it was like the weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

From BBC

Weston kick-started the golden rush, withstanding the heavy pressure on his shoulders to win the men's skeleton title that was always his to lose.

From BBC

Tandy, meanwhile, said he was "disappointed" with the result but preferred to pick out the positives in a performance which was head and shoulders above anything Wales have produced in recent years.

From Barron's