Shouldering is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shouldering meaning
- The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.
- The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket.
- A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim.
Using Shouldering
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder. | The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket. | A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim.
- In the example corpus, shouldering often appears in combinations such as: shouldering the, are shouldering, from shouldering.
Context around Shouldering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shouldering
- In this selection, "shouldering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, debuts, hospitals, servants, heavy, gargantuan and arms stand out and add context to how "shouldering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a problem shouldering the load and athletes from shouldering the blame. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shouldering" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shouldering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They should be polite while shouldering their responsibilities as mothers and wives. (12 words)
The city is shouldering the tuition of all the students of MCC this school year. (15 words)
And 10% of millennials say their parents are shouldering the cost of their student loans. (15 words)
No one knows that better than I do; and as your King I thank with a full heart those who bore arms so valiantly on land and sea, or in the air; and all civilians who, shouldering their many burdens, have carried them unflinchingly without complaint. (46 words)
Santa Ana claims they're shouldering more than their fair share of the burden when it comes to helping the homeless, with statistics that show more than half of its 1,030 unsheltered residents coming from outside the county. (39 words)
In an organisation where women scientists make up less than 20 per cent of the total scientific and technical workforce, the Mars mission saw women shouldering a fair share of the responsibility, according to Arunan. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Baruchel is earnest in his portrayal, shedding the jovial smile and shouldering a stiff physicality that speaks to Mike's internalized struggle.
For that reason alone, Pierce is going to be some added help to the team and maybe even shield remaining non-athletes from shouldering the blame for failed challenges.
Revenue continues to soar for big government, while hard-working Oregonians are shouldering the burdens of inflation at a rate still above 8 percent.
The city is shouldering the tuition of all the students of MCC this school year.
But Brian Hyrnes, head of personal finance at Moneybox said employers would be "shouldering more of the national insurance burden" which could lead to the cost being passed on to employees.
Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones were swiftly dumped into the deep end of NFL debuts, shouldering heavy pressure as young quarterback in the country’s largest media market.
But health consumer groups said cuts during or after the pandemic will devastate hospitals shouldering the brunt of it.
It's hard to fight a pandemic — and winter inertia — while also shouldering the disproportionate health impact of the virus, Myron Medcalf writes.
No one knows that better than I do; and as your King I thank with a full heart those who bore arms so valiantly on land and sea, or in the air; and all civilians who, shouldering their many burdens, have carried them unflinchingly without complaint.
Santa Ana claims they're shouldering more than their fair share of the burden when it comes to helping the homeless, with statistics that show more than half of its 1,030 unsheltered residents coming from outside the county.
And 10% of millennials say their parents are shouldering the cost of their student loans.
Consumers are burdened with higher bills by shouldering the cost of the expensive cost of contracts.
Escorted by a military parade, servants shouldering gargantuan bouquets of beans, chillies and rice crackers process to the mosque, where the offerings are handed out.
If Dobbins can regain his explosiveness while shouldering much of the load alongside Fields, the running back will likely get himself right back into the Heisman Trophy conversation in 2019.
In an organisation where women scientists make up less than 20 per cent of the total scientific and technical workforce, the Mars mission saw women shouldering a fair share of the responsibility, according to Arunan.
Indeed, shouldering the weight of paying for college is sometimes seen by parents as part of their children’s moral education.
The most famous is Balwinder Singh Sandhu’s peach to startle Gordon Greenidge, shouldering arms in the 1983 World Cup final.
The witness says he is now shouldering the responsibility of taking care of his brother's widow and children.
They should be polite while shouldering their responsibilities as mothers and wives.
Well, The Excellence of Execution does not seem to have a problem shouldering the load in the City of Brotherly Love.
Common combinations with shouldering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: