soft shoulder

noun

1. the unpaved edge of a road.

soft shoulder

noun

1. a soft edge along the side of a road that is unsuitable for vehicles to drive on

Example Sentences

Given the S&P’s gigantic valuation––even based on 2019’s record earnings––it looks like investors are ignoring the potholes and soft shoulders at their peril.

From Fortune

He put his free hand on the girl's warm, soft shoulder and she wriggled with delight.

From Project Gutenberg

Statira tottered against Lemuel, with that round, soft shoulder which had touched him before.

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Once a bus had driven out too far on a soft shoulder, and had toppled over.

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Then he slipped the jacket from his arm and around her soft shoulder.

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What a sense of rest would come over him when he sat in her capacious lap, his head on her soft shoulder.

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