Sentence examples for try to shoulder from inspiring English sources

I realized pretty quickly that wasn't a mantle I should try to shoulder.

Bursts of country rock try to shoulder the story past painful-to-middling performances and Curt Hahn's leaden direction, which consists of stringing clichés together as awkwardly as possible.

History happens to people, decking them here in wimples and tunics and there in suits and Levis, and generally we try to shoulder its weight as lightly as we can and just get on with our work.

They may try to shoulder you out of their space to see who the leader is.

Collins tried to shoulder the blame.

But Young was trying to shoulder a disproportionate share of the blame.

He lost his cool and tried to shoulder the door open.

Back then, he tried to shoulder the blame: "Obviously, this is an awful time, an awful time.

O'Neill tried to shoulder the burden himself, but his commendable work ethic prevented him from evacuating the trains.

Jurevicius lined up to the right and broke sharply inside, trying to shoulder Jaguars cornerback Fernando Bryant out of the way at the same time.

Afterward, Brian Leetch, the Rangers' captain for the last three seasons, felt so lousy, he sounded as if he were trying to shoulder all the blame.