shoulder girdle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shoulder girdle
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Traditional indicators — shoulder width, nutritional background, family history — were “pretty good,” he said, but estimates don’t satisfy Wellman, who loves data.
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023
Smartly dressed, his feet planted shoulder width apart throughout, Delétang seems to embody a dandy’s despair rather than any larger malaise.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021
Hoisting my bag onto his shoulder, Captain Hassan plunged into the maze of alleys, some barely shoulder width, dodging a stream of vendors, hand-pushed carts and braying burros.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2015
Stand with your feet apart, wider than your shoulder width, and toes pointed forward or slightly to the side.
From Washington Times • Mar. 7, 2015
And he saw that the man wasn't really very short; he only seemed to be because of his extraordinary shoulder width.
From The Golden Skull by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
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