Sentence examples for shouldered it from inspiring English sources

He posed heroically with the mike stand, shouldered it like a javelin.

After we had talked, over a hot meal, she shouldered it again, saying: "Don't worry about me.

On route marches, when my turn came to carry the platoon's 10kg Bren gun someone shouldered it for me.

The army paid none of the $3 million cost; instead, the private housing company shouldered it and will recoup the cost through reduced electric bills.

Saroj must have noticed my look of exhaustion and despair, because he doubled back over the final rock, took away my boat and shouldered it the rest of the way.

Some reviewers praised it; others cold-shouldered it, as not-Ellison.

"The guy kept bumping into her and she said, 'Watch it, the gun is loaded,' " he said, adding that she un-shouldered it to keep it out of reach.

"The responsibility that the government should shoulder," Mr. Hakeem said with both pride and contempt, "we are shouldering it".

So far, the courts have been the only ones to shoulder it.

If she wants to shoulder it age 21, that's fine".

When they can't handle the burden, society must help them shoulder it.