Sentence examples for it shouldered from inspiring English sources

Where moths had tented the tree limbs along the road, it looked as though the fog had torn off in rough shreds as it shouldered downhill toward town.

Staten Island has produced countless New York City firefighters, and it shouldered an especially heavy blow on Sept. 11, when 343 department members died.

Verizon earnings rose to $1.44 billion, or 51 cents a share, from $443 million, or 16 cents a share in the same quarter a year ago, when it shouldered hefty one-time charges.

The cost of remaking Chongqing into the heartland's metropolis, most of it shouldered by the government and state-owned banks, is estimated at $200 billion over the next decade, a bit more than the United States Congress spent, in adjusted dollars, to build the American interstate highway system in the 1950's.

Devon had undertaken an aggressive hedging program to ensure it can quickly pay down the debt it shouldered when it acquired Ocean Energy in the prior year.

For all its drama, however, the S's most remarkable trait may be how graciously it shoulders its inferiority….

It takes nearly a day on these trips, John said later, but you always see it: Shoulders drop their tension.

And while the Huffington Post shares the benefit of these investments, it shoulders none of the costs.

The memorial is quite nice, but the projected buildings seem to hover over it shoulder-to-shoulder like mean older brothers.

It's like they took the Pre and gave it shoulder pads.

Dye your hair light brown and cut it shoulder-length.