Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having high and broad shoulders, not sloping, and well braced back, so as to be straight across the back: the opposite of
round-shouldered .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having broad shoulders
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Examples
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Still, the popular image of "The Gipper" – resolute, square-shouldered, unfailingly optimistic – overlooks a more complicated presidency – and person.
Sarah Palin To Address Ronald Reagan Centennial In Santa Barbara AP 2011
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Still, the popular image of "The Gipper"– resolute, square-shouldered, unfailingly optimistic – overlooks a more complicated presidency – and person.
Sarah Palin To Address Ronald Reagan Centennial In Santa Barbara AP 2011
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One of the latest designs to emerge from his upstart firm, the brashly named BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, this vision of a New York apartment complex has a startling profile totally at odds with the grids of crew-cut, square-shouldered towers dotting the Manhattan skyline.
Building a Better Future Richard B. Woodward 2011
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A bulky, square-shouldered woman with severe eyebrows and deep furrows of discontent bracketing her mouth, heaved herself out of an armchair.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Who most smartly twigged the resonance of the party invitation was probably the square-shouldered flat‑nosed puncher Quarry, a competent but inconsistent operator, and one who could usually be relied upon to succumb when it mattered most.
The night Muhammad Ali's legend was reborn – and the party that followed Frank Keating 2010
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Still, the popular image of "The Gipper"– resolute, square-shouldered, unfailingly optimistic – overlooks a more complicated presidency – and person.
Sarah Palin To Address Ronald Reagan Centennial In Santa Barbara AP 2011
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A bulky, square-shouldered woman with severe eyebrows and deep furrows of discontent bracketing her mouth, heaved herself out of an armchair.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Mark is a square-shouldered former Marine, an eye-catching body builder who takes the best care of himself.
Zebratown Greg Donaldson 2010
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He was tall and square-shouldered, and his face glowed.
The Three Furies Kaza Kingsley 2010
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"There are few better illustrations of that still useful distinction between actor and star than [Rock] Hudson, who never claimed any particular acting talent and seldom strayed from the square-shouldered, straight-talking character he perfected in the early 50s," writes Dave Kehr.
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