| 单词 | round-shouldered |
| 例句 | He stood in a pool of shadow by a bookcase, plump, pale- faced, round-shouldered, clutching a crossbow in soft powdered hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z While the corporal knelt to obey, the lieutenant—round-shouldered, bony, with a deskbound look and a wisp of ginger mustache—said, “You're a bloody disgrace, man.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Fay was tall, round-shouldered, and bald, and wore a baseball cap with a state corrections emblem. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was one of these very, very tall, round-shouldered guys--he was about six four--with lousy teeth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Like the real Krum, the model was slightly duck-footed and round-shouldered, much less impressive on his splayed feet than on his broomstick. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His company has grown, he said, because of the innovative design of its two-piece, round-shouldered can, which can be manufactured more efficiently. Why one U.S. can-maker avoids Trump's tariffs while rivals pay up 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Geometric shapes that referenced the 1930s’ Art Deco movement were used with flair on a broad, round-shouldered coat. Paris Fashion Week: Roaring Twenties, nature, Glam Rock 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Models strutted in round-shouldered jackets with large sleeves, wide trousers and just over-the-knee skirts, in a nod to the brand's staple of suits. Chanel looks to traditional South Korean style for cruise line 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z As to good looks, He had lost his; he limped, had a large wen Upon his eye; from blonde had turned to red, And from round-shouldered had become hump-backed. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z We rowed on and found him, a little, round-shouldered man, in an old flat-bottomed boat, who had not taken a fish, and looked as though he never would. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z That the studious come to be round-shouldered, the cheerful to have smooth countenances, the guilty to have furtive eye-movements, may well be expected. Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods 2012-02-24T03:00:25.813Z He was a man of fifty, spare in frame and round-shouldered; he had a keen glance, and a weary smile came and went on his lips, not hidden by his sparse gray moustache. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z In personal appearance there is nothing of the round-shouldered, impecunious, studious inventor about him. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z The lock-keeper, a remarkably round-shouldered German, is a pleasant, gossipy fellow, fond of his long pipe and his very fat frau. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z He was round-shouldered, and his hands, long and remarkably white, suggested that their owner had never performed any hard work in his life. The Stronger Influence 2011-12-02T03:00:23.630Z No matter how stunted, gnarly and round-shouldered these trees are, one thing they do, often when only a few inches high: they bear cones, and keep them for years; and each season add more. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z She turned abruptly to where a fair-haired young man, slightly round-shouldered, stood hat in hand behind her. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z One range, round-shouldered and wooded, I thought resembled the promontories about Clovelly, and for a few minutes the Amazon had the bright eyes of a friend. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The man who had started with levelled pistol from behind the curtain of Craig's library had been short and stocky and round-shouldered. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z A person who has grown round-shouldered from following the spoor of another. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z While his back broadens, growing thick and powerful, his chest does not get so much to do; hence he is soon a round-shouldered man. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z She tried to explain the appearance of the round-shouldered man as she led the purser along the deck. Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross Doing Her Best For Uncle Sam 2011-06-14T02:00:23.757Z Hermione called him the Beetle, because he was a round-shouldered, brown young man, with goggle eyes and very long arms and legs. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z I suppose the first landmark a bird would distinguish in its flight would be our long, round-shouldered ridges, running north and south. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z Eli was a tall, round-shouldered man, who looked like a cross between a prosperous minister and a busted lawyer. Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders 2011-04-09T02:00:09.887Z But now, notice them closely, and most of them are inerect, many are round-shouldered, and few are at once thoroughly well-built men and in good condition, being either loose-jointed, too fat, or too thin. How to Get Strong and How to Stay So 2011-07-01T02:00:12.520Z The women, like the men, are tall, thin, and round-shouldered. Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives Don Pedro and the Detectives; Poisoner and the Detectives 2011-03-28T02:00:28.167Z But I didn't worry, knowing Mrs. Galway'd have advertised hers if she'd had the wealth or a decent shaped back to advertise it on, which she hadn't, being round-shouldered. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z Large and bony, with iron muscles, the man was as thin as a board, with an ashen look, round-shouldered and weakened by privation. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z As they stepped over the side they were met by a little round-shouldered man with splay feet. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z Lincoln, tall, round-shouldered, loose-jointed, large-featured, deep-eyed, with a smile upon his face. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Tall and short, tweed coated and black, round-shouldered, bespectacled and slim, they crowded with clatter of feet and rattle of sticks through the hospital gate. The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure 2011-01-01T03:00:24.903Z Though his walk is a sort of round-shouldered shuffle, O'Hair has a live body. Sean O' Hair. At Peace. 2010-03-22T00:00:00Z She was a small woman, from thirty-six to forty years of age; short, round-shouldered, deformed, and with her neck buried between shoulders of unequal height. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 Though past middle age, and round-shouldered like many old sailors, Lewis was wonderfully active, and sprang from one boat to another in the harbour or climbed the rocks with the agility of a cat. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne He was superstitious and peace-loving, had few personal wants, and is described as a round-shouldered man of medium height, with black hair and beard, and sallow cheeks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Huge round-shouldered hills, bare and lonely, rose on each side of us. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway If you had been a round-shouldered little person in a placket, we should have taken it differently. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days She had but to follow that round-shouldered, obstinate looking back into the yellow-brick square of the "Town Hall" that loomed just ahead, and she would be free. Shadows of Flames A Novel Accordingly, all truly eloquent men will be found to be broad built, round-shouldered, portly, and fleshy, and yet rather sharp-featured. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology All the moodiness came back to her eyes, she grew suspicious and sharp; such good looks as she had were obscured, in her unhappiness she seemed larger and more round-shouldered than ever. East Angels He was a frail, gentle creature, clean-shaven and round-shouldered, with a bearing which was so courteous that it became almost deprecating. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen “Give me the old cradle yet, boys!” exclaimed a round-shouldered farmer. The Romance of the Reaper This round-shouldered, spectacled scholar, with a large nose and receding chin, poured out brilliant observations, subtile and suggestive, and had an apparently inexhaustible store of the literature of Europe. The New Warden With him was a squire named Eurybates, a brown, round-shouldered man. Tales of Troy and Greece A round-shouldered boy cannot have large lungs or be long winded. Applied Physiology Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics You may meet at intervals laboring-people, very round-shouldered and very sulky. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Two cars back, a heavy, round-shouldered, black-mustached man with a swarthy skin clenched his hands on the rail before him. The Enormous Room Mr. Chippenham was too young; the chief officer, a gnarled round-shouldered ancient, was too old; the commander too distant. Command They all returned, puzzled and chattering, but one lame, bandy-legged, bald, round-shouldered, impudent fellow, named Thersites, jumped up and made an insolent speech, insulting the princes, and advising the army to run away. Tales of Troy and Greece When they grow up, they will be bent and round-shouldered. Applied Physiology Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics Reading, she says, will spoil the girls' eyes, stooping to write will ruin their chests, and working will make them round-shouldered. Coelebs In Search of a Wife There is nothing showy or pretentious about these squat, round-shouldered, narrow-eyed sentinels of the channel; but they have a grim air of reserved strength, as though they could be terribly effective in time of need. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. There are several beggars, one of whom is a dirty, round-shouldered old ragamuffin with a long, matted beard. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police And the poor devil, a firmly-knit, broad-shouldered fellow, who had got somewhat round-shouldered from sheer hard labour, stood inwardly raging, and letting them pull him about as they liked; straighten his back he could not. Jena or Sedan? It is like straightening out a limb which has been twisted by a false attitude or correcting a habit of sitting round-shouldered. The Heart of the New Thought Uncle Gabriel Hostetter was a round-shouldered old man with a long white beard that came to a thin point. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective Then, at the last, slim, overworked, round-shouldered Mother Douglas, who had done little save pray and weep and work and scold all her life, walked up and slapped Belle full on the cheek. Rim o' the World One can scarcely think of a round-shouldered scout. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Beside her the reins were held by a rather tall man, of middle age, gray, dark, round-shouldered, and dressed in the loose blue flannel so much worn by followers of the Federal camp. Dr. Sevier He nodded to the round-shouldered man who sat smoking on the doorstep. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Perhaps that is what made Coachy look round-shouldered—carrying such a load of sweet kisses on her back. Harper's Young People, October 12, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He stood looking down at the contented, round-shouldered assembly, with little columns of smoke curling up from pipes of peace, and his disapproving brows bristled as though he were about to burst into loud barking. Treasure Valley A round-shouldered man of slight build, he looked decidedly unmilitary, but he'd explained to Raoul that for anyone who wanted to get ahead in politics, a war record would be a godsend. Shaman The mental eyes of a score of women were turned upon Dan, as he was daily seen, round-shouldered and hollow-chested, toiling along the snowy country roads to and from school, coughing as he went. A Bookful of Girls Many a mother who sees her daughter thus growing round-shouldered keeps telling her to throw her shoulders back; but to follow this command only increases the difficulty. What a Young Woman Ought to Know To sit properly in a carriole, you should be rather round-shouldered, as its shape is not unlike half a walnut, scooped out. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition Farmers with long beards, their backs bent with honest toil, collected around the show horses, or sat in the high buggies, round-shouldered and content, and smoked and chewed and spat, and were, withal, supremely happy. Treasure Valley He pounced on his man at once, and with raised back—for he was somewhat round-shouldered—gave the excited spectator the idea that he meant to have the ball at any cost. Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches The older folks seem the same, but some of the girls are pushing baby-carriages and the boys are getting round-shouldered and droopy-jawed.” Winning the Wilderness His hair went grey, he grew round-shouldered, and his face got yellow and consumptive-looking. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories This man was of medium height, a little round-shouldered, dressed in a gray shirt, faded brown trousers very baggy at the knees, a pair of conspicuous blue woollen socks, and slippers made of carpet. The Associate Hermits And a steely glitter shot through the beetling eyebrows; but Hardcastle had given his word before the request was rounded to that pedantic neatness which characterized the crabbed utterances of the round-shouldered dictator. Stingaree He cannot help being round-shouldered and loose-jointed, with protruding shoulder-blades and awkward motions; and the pathos of it is, he thinks he must always remain so, an ugly failure and a laughing-stock to the community. The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young “You’re getting round-shouldered, Patty,” 50 said Lorraine, one day; “and I believe it’s because you work so hard over those old lessons.” Patty's Summer Days The fact is, the Tarasconese hero was something worth painting,—squat, round-shouldered, head bent forward, the muffler round his chin like a strap, and his flaming little eye taking aim at the terrified famulus. Tartarin On The Alps As he rustled sundry sheets and stooped over them round-shouldered, Tabs had time to reflect. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel He was tall, round-shouldered, and his clothes were not good, possessing very evident claims to a position on the retired list. A Chosen Few Short Stories He saw the sturdy round-shouldered form in the old shooting coat, the lined brown lean face, the white moustache and the eyebrows, the kindly twinkling eyes squinted against the western light. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The girls will never notice my little changes and corrections, and I don’t want to pose as a poor, pale martyr, growing 51 round-shouldered in her efforts to help her fellow-sisters!” Patty's Summer Days There was a hungry-looking, round-shouldered, sick-looking colored man in that same party, that was on the programme for a violin solo. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 A happier soul than little, simple, round-shouldered Jock you never saw, unless it was his poor old grandfather. Little Grandfather Back in the courtyard, where the cook was busily preparing mess, a mangy and round-shouldered monkey from the bamboo fence was looking on approvingly. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia She seemed so small, so round-shouldered—so different from what he had expected. Special Messenger They made him feel somewhat more fragile, more round-shouldered and colder, but he resisted despair. In the Control Tower I stood dumb and discomfited, and the Chippendale mirror on the opposite wall reflected a round-shouldered figure, a spectacled, disfigured face. The Lady of the Basement Flat As though in answer there comes springing through the dim light the hulking, slouching, round-shouldered figure of a big man. A War-Time Wooing A Story He was remarkably narrow-chested and round-shouldered, owing perhaps as much to the tightness of his garment as to the hand of nature. Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) He was a moderately tall man, a little round-shouldered, and about fifty years old. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein He stoops a trifle, giving him a slightly round-shouldered appearance. The Straw He was a shambling, flat-footed, weak-kneed, round-shouldered youth, and the Fourth asked with amazement how on earth the doctors had been induced to pass him. The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography And let me tell you"—he pointed to the armed man—"whoever you are, you round-shouldered, glue-eyed squid you, whoever goes, you go first. Sonnie-Boy's People "Yep, it air him," he added, getting a closer look at the approaching flat-bottomed boat in which sat a big round-shouldered individual working vigorously away at the oars. Tess of the Storm Country He was a tall, lean man, quite round-shouldered and of studious appearance. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls If you go on like this, you will grow so round-shouldered that you won’t be able to get straight again, and how will you like that?” The Fortunes of the Farrells He was so tall that he couldn’t stand upright in his cabin, and he’d been going to sea for so many years that he’d got to be regular round-shouldered. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific And he headed the Ligonier straight for the windward jack, which now he could see was that of the trader Lackford, whose round-shouldered figure in the bow betrayed him. Sonnie-Boy's People He has short, curly, light-brown hair and red cheeks; is slightly round-shouldered, due to the large shoulder-muscles caused by pulling the oars, and is as quick in his actions as a cat. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole A short, thick-set, rather round-shouldered man with a face as clean shaven as that of the most advanced curate, keen eyes and a broad, intellectual forehead—he speaks clearly and emphatically. Lloyd George The Man and His Story It was of rough stone, coloured a dirty white, with two queer circular windows high up in the wall on one side, the other side resting on a little, round-shouldered hill. The Shrieking Pit He was a gaunt, tall, round-shouldered, queer old fellow with a gray beard and a matted moustache, colored with the brown stain of cigarette smoke. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Tall, slightly round-shouldered, always wearing a black dress coat, and never an overcoat, he was a remarkably well-preserved man. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis The pawn broker, thin, round-shouldered, with a great hook-nose and cavernous, bright eyes, spoke rapidly, without an accent, punctuating his sentences with thrusts and dartings and waves of his two hands. The Winning Clue "I've managed to pack a good many of them' so far without getting round-shouldered." Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur The window of Mr. Glenthorpe's room, which was above the bar parlour, was not more than four or five feet away from the round-shouldered side of the hill. The Shrieking Pit He was about six feet tall, round-shouldered, knock-kneed, and weighed about two hundred pounds of flabby flesh, mostly covered by filthy garments. Born Again He was about five feet eight inches in height, with a slight and apparently not strongly built frame, and was a little round-shouldered. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis On our left was a sudden drop into the rushing river, on the right a deep ditch, and the road between was as round-shouldered as a hunchback. My Friend the Chauffeur He had been sitting for an hour on the pole of David's wagon, mute and round-shouldered in his dusty homespuns. The Emigrant Trail Haeckel is essentially an out-of-door man, as opposed to the philosopher who works in a stuffy room, and grows round-shouldered over his microscope. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists He was only five feet eight inches tall, round-shouldered, and not at all military in bearing or walk. Stories of Later American History He was tall and, from much stooping over books or the work of his garden, was round-shouldered. The Place Beyond the Winds The lank, round-shouldered figure had filled and straightened. One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. The girl was round-shouldered from careless standing, but she moved with a palpitating grace of yielding, and the smooth, fair braids which bound her head shone like silver. The Debtor A Novel The daughter was the more striking, from the contrast she presented to her mother, a round-shouldered, middle-sized woman, who had once had the transient pink-and-white beauty of a blonde, with ill-defined features and early embonpoint. Scenes of Clerical Life My clerk was always on duty, and the work never appeared to make him round-shouldered. The Princess Elopes If a young person bends the body forward, he will, after a time, become round-shouldered and his chest will become so flattened that the lungs cannot be well expanded. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene He had noticed particularly the man who appeared to be the leader—"a fat man, with a full, rather hard face, round-shouldered, and with a slight trouble in his arms." The House of the Combrays He was a New Englander, a carpenter, round-shouldered, tall and bony. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned There was nothing at all formidable or dignified about Mrs. Higgs, who was a round-shouldered, infirm old woman in a brown dress, a black-and-white check shawl, and a rusty black bonnet. The Wharf by the Docks A Novel There was another round-shouldered man, with black, twinkling eyes, plump face, rosy cheeks, and nose twisted at the top. The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Bad Habits.—Students are very apt to make themselves flat-chested and round-shouldered by leaning over their desks while writing or studying. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene I can fancy him, gray now, slightly bald, and rather round-shouldered, but cheerful as a cricket, introducing himself to the chief. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 But, prut! she was no more like a Princess than I am, for she was squat, and round-shouldered, and had hair of the color of tow. Pepper & Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk Thersites, bandy-legged, round-shouldered, lame of one foot, with ugly head covered with scanty stubble, most ill-favored of all men in the host, would not hold his peace. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories The Probationer was off filling water bottles, and only the Dummy, stricken, round-shouldered, unlovely, stood beside her. Love Stories Pike was tall, round-shouldered, lop-sided, slouchy, good-natured, illiterate, garrulous, frankly vain of the little scraps of botanical nomenclature he had picked up and as lazy and unacquainted with soap as an Indian. Bears I Have Met—and Others She never said a word nor gave a sign—just stood there kind of round-shouldered, dipping the chowder. Famous Modern Ghost Stories Two of them were old, round-shouldered with labour, their necks burnt brown with stooping in the sun. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales There was a hungry-looking, round-shouldered, sick-looking colored man in the same party, that was on the programme for a violin solo. Peck's Compendium of Fun A large round-shouldered man, with face and frame of phlegmatic mould, occupied the seat and swung his whip with a bored and absent air. The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories You will notice that all round-shouldered persons carry the chin near the breast and pointed downward. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 I remember, at the school I attended in my seventh year, the strongest boy among my mates was quite round-shouldered. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Further, I would have thee know that he had a squire with him, somewhat older than himself, a round-shouldered man, dark of complexion, and with curling hair. Stories from the Odyssey Sad sight! to see those round-shouldered Helots, stooping in their trenches: artificial, three in number, and concentric: the isle well nigh surrounding. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I He was getting round-shouldered and wore Specs and was all gaunted up, but he never weakened. People You Know As the boys drew near, a tall, round-shouldered man with a long white beard was seen carrying in an armful of wood. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned What struck me first of all was that she certainly was ugly, short, scraggy, and round-shouldered. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories He was a round-shouldered man with hay-coloured hair and a stubby beard of the same, and he rubbed his shoulders with his elbows lifted as he went. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex The little, round-shouldered artist, generally good-tempered, would pour a stream of verbal vitriol over the head of the unlucky impertinent. Promenades of an Impressionist "When we was to work for Morrison," interrupted a round-shouldered lumber jack, "we—" "You need not enlighten me with figures," resumed Thayor; "I have them here," and he turned to a yellow pad. The Lady of Big Shanty A round-shouldered, shivering youth, who had been leaning apathetically against the side of the building, moved hesitatingly up to him. The Phantom Herd They all had ugly sharp chins, and were short-sighted and round-shouldered. The Chorus Girl and Other Stories The round-shouldered, long-cheeked girl had matured gingerly to rather sparse womanhood that now at forty relented back to a fulsome thirty. The Vertical City He was a loose-limbed, round-shouldered man, with a fine open countenance, and a great disorderly moustache; his hair might have been shorter, and his dress-coat shone where it caught the light. The Shadow of the Rope The tall, round-shouldered German shadowed us through the crowded streets to the Amstel Hotel. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War He was so wonderfully developed about the bust that he seemed almost deformed, his breast projecting so far that it gave him the appearance of being round-shouldered in front. A Bicycle of Cathay He was a thick-set, round-shouldered man, a typical fair German with tow-coloured hair, greased and brushed down smoothly, a large, ragged, sandy beard and coarse, sketchy features. The Mystery of 31 New Inn He was slender, of only average height, and slightly round-shouldered; but he was also well proportioned, muscular, and capable of enduring great fatigue. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia As he went back in his memory, the picture of an old wrinkled woman rose before his mind, a woman round-shouldered, bent with age, but with a kindly face smiling with simple-mindedness and good nature. The Torrent Entre Naranjos Then I thought of my lack of beauty, my miserable five-feet-one-inch stature, and I looked at the man beside me, small and round-shouldered, and we were both dependent children of indigence. My Brilliant Career He was "a broad, round-shouldered, one-sided old fellow, whose face was of the rhinoceros build, with overlapping ears." Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook The poor horse's bones stood out in strange projections, the round-shouldered little fly-man sat grinning on his box, showing three long yellow fangs. Vain Fortune We might, too, forget that he is an obese, round-shouldered, short-necked, and eminently beery HAMLET, with a tendency to speak through his nose. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 01, April 2, 1870 Were we within a yard of that round-shouldered man from the country, we should smell leather; for he works on his bench, and is unmarried. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 The Church fell upon the King with a loud, annual report, and when the débris was cleared away, a little round-shouldered grave in the churchyard held all that was mortal of the king. Comic History of England Whether the fear of losing the round-shouldered farmer operated to bring about the result or not is immaterial to this narrative; but, at all events, the crowd decided to lynch the negro. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays Generally, the man says nothing at all, but becomes exceedingly round-shouldered, and pretends to read his paper with rapt attention. The Uncommercial Traveller The words referred to a broad, round-shouldered, one-sided old fellow in mourning, coming comically ambling towards the corner, dressed in a pea over-coat, and carrying a large stick. Our Mutual Friend He was a man of about forty-two years of age, of large build, but slightly round-shouldered. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon The latter was a middle-aged, round-shouldered peasant, who had the habit of always talking to himself. Boyhood in Norway He was, now, a huge, strong fellow of six feet high, broad in proportion, and round-shouldered; but with a simpering boy's face and curly light hair that gave him quite a sheepish look. David Copperfield Curry was slight and round-shouldered, with light yellow hair. Stories from Everybody's Magazine He was tall, round-shouldered, with a long sharp nose and bald head. Creatures That Once Were Men I saw that the bearer was a woman, an oldish woman, round-shouldered like most French peasants. Mr. Standfast The big, round-shouldered sand-dunes were the sleeping giants of some old northern tale. Anne's House of Dreams And they stood on the rail of the ship, like round-shouldered soldiers all in a row, stern and still and stiff; while their great, gleaming, black eyes shot darting glances here and there and everywhere. The Story of Doctor Dolittle Tall and short, tweed-coated and black, round-shouldered, bespectacled, and slim, they crowded with clatter of feet and rattle of sticks through the hospital gate. Round the Red Lamp A typical old shell-back, round-shouldered, hooked of finger; a figure with strong hints of a crab about it. The Blue Lagoon: a romance In a few moments a drum was produced and the fifer, a round-shouldered, good-natured fellow, who stood six feet tall, made his appearance. Good Stories for Holidays And the little pale, round-shouldered dealer stood almost on tip-toe, looking over the top of his gold spectacles, and nodding his head with every mark of disbelief. Merry Men Many a tree have these old axemen felled, but, round-shouldered and stooping, they too are beginning to lean over. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon The last to leave was a round-shouldered, blinking young man of nineteen or twenty, whose mouth fell ajar on the slightest provocation, seemingly because there was no chin to support it. The Mayor of Casterbridge The narrow-chested, round-shouldered person, whose lungs barely oxydize blood enough to maintain life, is not expected to walk a thousand miles in a thousand hours, or to excel as a performer on wind-instruments. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Short and broad yet compact of body, he was something round-shouldered, with the stoop of those who serve. The Bronze Bell They very soon become round-shouldered, limp and weak, and drink little but unsizable sighs, and feed on all manner of dark and unhealthy things. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 She secured the interest of a plump, round-shouldered young German, whose viscous hands had just left a syrup-cask, and whose wide blue eyes stared at this unaccustomed visitor with an honest wonder. With the Procession Callow youths, hooligans, round-shouldered slouchers at the best, made shift to lift their heads and keep step. The Wheel O' Fortune Most round-shouldered people could school themselves in two or three months to be straight. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency He was rather bald, and round-shouldered: but he had kind eyes, an affectionate way with him, and he could feel for and understand suffering, for he had suffered himself. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House The new Canon was a round man, round-shouldered, round-faced, round-stomached, round legged. The Cathedral At the first glance he looked round-shouldered and awkward, but yet he was not round-shouldered, and his manner was easy. The Possessed (The Devils) At home she was a little round-shouldered drudge in her mother's service. The History of David Grieve He slipped the microscope over his eye and, bending in his heavy round-shouldered way above the small watch, began to pry with his thick fingers. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Like her, he was small, thin, puny, and rather round-shouldered. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Constant stooping over the kitchen range had made her a little round-shouldered. Married He was tall and thin, and he stooped as he walked,—not with the ordinary round-shouldered slouch, but with a one-sided droop, as if he had a habit of bending over something. Melody : the Story of a Child A very tall, big-boned, lean, round-shouldered man, he was uncouth almost to the verge of grotesqueness, and walked painfully with the aid of a stick, dragging his shrunken and shortened bad leg. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs Malachi was very tall, very thin, and very round-shouldered, and the sandiness of his hair also cried aloud for an adjective. While the Billy Boils I made no answer and only looked at him as he sat facing me, bent, round-shouldered, and clumsy, with his drowsy, lustreless eyes fixed on the ground. Knock, Knock, Knock and Other Stories Hayes was tall, urbane, and dressed with rather fastidious neatness; Bell was round-shouldered and shabby. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" He was a little old man, round-shouldered, bald-headed, with great goggle-eyes, looking through portentous round spectacles, which he called his barnacles. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War Crook-backed, round-shouldered, his only dress a ragged shirt and ragged pair of drawers, he had evidently thriven upon the forest life for many a year. At Last We followed her out of the cathedral and saw the old woman speak to a middle-aged, round-shouldered, bespectacled man of gentlemanly appearance. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction Then, while the girls unpacked the baskets and secured the kettle amidst the smoke, Hyacinth lay back luxuriously and watched the sun set behind the round-shouldered mountain opposite. Hyacinth He was round-shouldered and slightly bow-legged when he stood up; he was heavily and clumsily built, but he was evidently strong. The Primadonna And the little, pale, round-shouldered dealer stood almost on tip-toe, looking over the top of his gold spectacles, and nodding his head with every mark of disbelief. Short Stories Old and New He entered the apartment, thin, round-shouldered, with disordered long hair, his cravat awry, his clothes stained and torn. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction There, peering out of the window to identify the station, he was startled to see the broad, round-shouldered back of Albert Dupont making away across the rails--leaving the train! Alias the Lone Wolf He sat immovable in the round-shouldered attitude learned in pulling a hand-sled against a gale from the Pole. The Magnetic North "I could tell clear down on the street you lost, honey, the way you walked so round-shouldered." Gaslight Sonatas He was a Pole, a round-shouldered man with long gray hair that hung over his collar and queer eyes that seemed to look through and through one. Keineth He did not appear more than forty; he was of medium size, round-shouldered, square-built, strong, thick-set, red-haired, shaggy as a bear. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 Round it are round-shouldered hills, brown and bare now—purple with heather bells in summer time, I dare say. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland If a boy be round-shouldered and slouching in his gait, what ought to be done? Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children I go into a hut; the people are not at home; on a bench sits a white-haired, round-shouldered, bare-footed boy; he seems lost in thought. Letters of Anton Chekhov But he was in truth below the middle height, somewhat round-shouldered, with long arms, and small, well-shaped hands. Warlock o' Glenwarlock The fellow was round-shouldered, or seemed so in the glimpse Byers caught of them just before he dropped the child. Our Pilots in the Air At the tailor's, where I sent my clothes to be pressed, the tailor himself, a gray-haired, round-shouldered antique, ventured an opinion concerning those clothes. Kent Knowles: Quahaug You never see a soldier round-shouldered nor slouching in his gait He walks every inch like a man. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Scowling—altogether too round-shouldered for the martial stock he sprang from—puffy-eyed, and not so regal as overbearing in appearance, he sat for a few minutes stroking his scented beard upward and muttering to himself. Guns of the Gods And the little pale, round-shouldered dealer stood almost on tip- toe, looking over the top of his gold spectacles, and nodding his head with every mark of disbelief. Short Stories for English Courses The door of a nearby house suddenly flew open and a fleshy, round-shouldered man appeared. Our Pilots in the Air The idea never entered his mind that the middle-aged, round-shouldered scholar could be dangerous. Sant' Ilario If a child be round-shouldered, or if either of his shoulder-blades have "grown out," what had better be done? Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children One "tiger" only indeed was left, run by a round-shouldered crouching creature whom Bob Berkley—now at Hale's solicitation a policeman and known as the Infant of the Guard—dubbed Caliban. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine If the desk is too low, the child stoops over it and becomes round-shouldered, and there is a tendency to become short-sighted. The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene You did manage to get here in time, you round-shouldered devil ... Yama: the pit He was a tall, thin man: rather round-shouldered; weak at the knees, and trying to conceal the weakness in the breadth of his trowsers. Basil A perambulator is very apt to make a child stoop, and to make him both crooked and round-shouldered. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Though slightly round-shouldered, her form was well-proportioned and suggested natural vigour. Born in Exile Over the sink a tall, round-shouldered woman bent trying to get water from an asthmatic pump. Sowing Seeds in Danny The Rev. Philip was in his sixty-seventh year; a thin, dry, round-shouldered man, with bald occiput, straggling yellowish beard, and a face which recalled that of Darwin. Our Friend the Charlatan He was still young, tall, sinewy, gaunt, yet springy and strong, stooping and round-shouldered, with a face that carried a very decided top-light in it, like that of the notorious Bardolph. Oak Openings Many a child, who is not exactly hump-backed, is very round-shouldered, which latter is also a mild species of rickets. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children The young man was tall and a little round-shouldered; he had short-sighted, rather prominent brown eyes, untidy black hair and dark eyebrows which came near to meeting. Huntingtower He was a tall, thin man whose clothes hung loosely on the angles of his round-shouldered, bony form. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists I told him I guessed you wan't so rich that you got round-shouldered lugging your money. The Rise of Roscoe Paine Their faces, pensive and attentive, were turned toward a round-shouldered man in a short cassock, turned yellow, and a torn fur cap. The Man Who Was Afraid He kept closing his eyes and then again looking at the fire, which seemed to him dazzlingly red, and at the feeble, round-shouldered figure of Tushin who was sitting cross-legged like a Turk beside him. War and Peace Large, round-shouldered, and clean-shaven like a chef, Virubov was for ever hitching up breeches which had slipped from a stomach ruined with surfeits of watermelon. Through Russia The individual who gave out this hymn was a tall, thin man whose clothes hung loosely on the angles of his round-shouldered, bony form. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists From the throng a Jew comes next, meager of frame, round-shouldered, and wearing a coarse brown robe; over his eyes and face, and down his back, hangs a mat of long, uncombed hair. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ The straight, military figure of the well-known Scotland Yard man was conspicuous among the group of distinguished—and mostly round-shouldered—scholars. The Quest of the Sacred Slipper The short, round-shouldered Captain Tushin, stumbling over the tail of the gun carriage, moved forward and, not noticing the general, looked out shading his eyes with his small hand. War and Peace He was a tall, round-shouldered man of childishly chubby features and boyishly bright, transparent eyes. Through Russia He stooped and was a little round-shouldered, but even then he was tall. The Pit Prop Syndicate They all returned, puzzled and chattering, but one lame, bandy-legged, bald, round-shouldered, impudent fellow, named Thersites, jumped up and made an insolent speech, insulting the princes, and advising the army to run away. Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden—what a sorry, set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear! Typee The other, whose appearance particularly struck Pierre, was a long, lank, round-shouldered, fair-haired man, slow in his movements and with an idiotic expression of face. War and Peace Pyotr, a round-shouldered student in spectacles, kept exchanging glances with his mother as he ate his dinner. The Wife, and other stories He was clearly to be classified among the round-shouldered ineligibles; being otherwise a tall and slender youth, with an amiable expression and a smoothly well-bred voice. Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large A soldier shouldn't be round-shouldered, or have a slouching gait," said the instructor quietly; "but you will find when you come to march that the opposite extreme is attended with great inconvenience and discomfort. Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp He was tall, round-shouldered, with a long, sharp nose and bald head. Creatures That Once Were Men Rob them of this without giving them something better, and we shall speedily have a race of flat-footed, flat-chested, round-shouldered poor, with no brains for mental work, and no strength for physical work. London's Underworld He was rather below the medium height, a bit round-shouldered, and so sturdy of limb that his clothes always looked a shade too tight for his arms and legs. Typhoon I've been plagued with so many undersized and round-shouldered noblemen that I'm beginning to wonder whether the aristocracy gets proper nourishment. Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large The man listened round-shouldered, but seeming much too stupid to understand. The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes |
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