shoulders

Example Sentences

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But we should not pretend that before VAR there was a utopian world where shoulders were shrugged and decisions accepted.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

"Everything seems normal to me, things seem fine," Luis Cardona, a Colombian who was visiting with his wife, told AFP, shoulders hunched against the wind and rain.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

So what’s the solution for managers looking over their shoulders and trying to preserve their careers in changing times?

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Smith noted that the outfit was “like a corset” on the shoulders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Soldiers in uniform, soldiers in street clothes, soldiers with empty sleeves neatly pinned up to their shoulders where arms used to be.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse