Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the shoulders bent forward and drooping and the upper back rounded.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the shoulders carried forward, giving the upper part of the back a rounded configuration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having a
rounded upper back, andshoulders that bend forward.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
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Examples
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Balding, round-shouldered, with a delicate, almost shuffling walk that suggested the careful exertions of an arthritis sufferer, he had the discernment to know the exciting part of his life was long past, and the wisdom not to resent it.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Behind the desk a round-shouldered individual, wreathed in smoke, sat back in a tall reclining chair.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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Pop wasn't a pretty boy — he was bow-legged and round-shouldered — but he posed in twelve-ounce gloves and showed a cocky face while Uncle Albert, whowasa pretty boy, and Uncle Walter were dressed to the nines in tweed suits, hand-painted ties, and alligator shoes, holding a silver loving cup between them.
I Never Was George L. Chieffet 2010
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Behind the desk a round-shouldered individual, wreathed in smoke, sat back in a tall reclining chair.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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A small, round-shouldered woman skirts the streetlights at an intersection.
Monkeytown prologue/chapter first Chris Vola 2011
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Balding, round-shouldered, with a delicate, almost shuffling walk that suggested the careful exertions of an arthritis sufferer, he had the discernment to know the exciting part of his life was long past, and the wisdom not to resent it.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Balding, round-shouldered, with a delicate, almost shuffling walk that suggested the careful exertions of an arthritis sufferer, he had the discernment to know the exciting part of his life was long past, and the wisdom not to resent it.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Balding, round-shouldered, with a delicate, almost shuffling walk that suggested the careful exertions of an arthritis sufferer, he had the discernment to know the exciting part of his life was long past, and the wisdom not to resent it.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Balding, round-shouldered, with a delicate, almost shuffling walk that suggested the careful exertions of an arthritis sufferer, he had the discernment to know the exciting part of his life was long past, and the wisdom not to resent it.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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An older man, round-shouldered, plump, and past sixty, whose eyes peered out from behind a pair of glass lenses.
Trial of Seven grrm 2010
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