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Example sentences for "shouldering"

Lexicographically close words:
shoul; should; shoulde; shoulder; shouldered; shoulders; shouldest; shouldna; shouldnt; shouldst
  1. Green stood on one side of him and Cassidy on the other, shouldering up so close that they blocked him off, flank and front.

  2. Dripping wet with rain and his own sweat, he emerged from a mile-long thicket upon an asphalted drive that wound interminably under the shouldering ledges of big gray rocks and among tall elms and oaks.

  3. Then, shouldering the camera, I made my way up the main street.

  4. It was obvious that we could not move the car without assistance, so shouldering my apparatus we started to walk the remaining distance.

  5. ELOI] Shouldering my camera I led the way, followed by the men at a distance of twenty yards.

  6. Getting up actively enough, for he fancied he heard a sound, he climbed to the hole once more, and found he was right, for the Malay sentry was returning, shouldering a fresh spear.

  7. After some moments' search they discovered it; and Archie unfastened the chain, and shouldering the ax and guns, he started toward the house.

  8. And the next morning, as soon as it was light, he was up and dressed, and shouldering an ax, set out with Brave as a companion, leaving Archie in a sound sleep.

  9. Others even might ask for the vague, wet airs of midwinter, with the shouldering hilltops east and south and west faint and mysterious in the clinging mist, and never a house-roof to be seen.

  10. Two men were left as keepers, and the party, shouldering their arms, prepared to start inland.

  11. Come," the emigrant said, shouldering his rifle, "there is one of the devils who will not get any further.

  12. They were shouldering the skua steadily to land, and if you had dropped a line overboard there, with an ordinary lead on, you would have felt them pulling at it, and taking the lead along like a live thing.

  13. Nor need Bernadette fear any extreme cold-shouldering from her friends.

  14. This sage advice being promptly followed, the sportsmen, shouldering their guns, departed in quest of amusement.

  15. Shouldering his gun, he joined his companion in arms, amid the jibes and jeers of the grinning rustics.

  16. And shouldering suddenly his spear He faded like some elfin fear, Where the tall pines ran up, tier on tier Tree overtoppling tree.

  17. Get out o' my way," he shouted, shouldering up the aisle.

  18. Tom then got his horse short by the head, and shouldering his whip, trotted off briskly, as if bent on retrieving the day.

  19. By packing and shouldering his knapsack, and arming himself, each man would be ready; though a short delay grew out of the absence of Traverse and his chain-bearers.

  20. When we ourselves have not yet stood up firmly, we are already thinking of shouldering a weight of a thousand pounds.

  21. All right, all right," growled Hone, shouldering his rifle with a jerk.

  22. Clinch, shoving his way forward and shouldering the crowd aside.

  23. The last I saw of them, Mrs. Ray had their hand-bags and Jerry and Tom were shouldering their trunks.

  24. And, shouldering his rifle, he walked leisurely into the woods, the cartridge belt sagging en bandouliere across his woollen undershirt.

  25. And thereupon he popped the feather cap into one pocket and the round stone into another, and shouldering his musket marched away until he reached the town-gate, and there was the old man waiting for him.

  26. Then at last came Ciccio, shouldering one small trunk, whilst a porter followed, shouldering another.

  27. And round her again emerged images of men piled up one above the other, shouldering each other in the narrow field they filled.

  28. So, taking off his saddle and bridle, and shouldering these and my roll of blankets, I cautiously made my way over the tangled trees, and presently succeeded in reaching the other side in safety.

  29. With a robust re-shouldering of the tree to make it more comfortable to carry, he turned and started up the hill toward the house.

  30. Just the place for our cricket," he said to Phra, as, shouldering their guns, they stepped off after the doctor.

  31. The result was that at the time appointed Harry walked up to the court by the palace main entrance, shouldering one of the rifles, and there his heart failed him for a moment or two, but he was himself again directly.


  32. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shouldering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.