shoulder blade
noun
the scapula.
shoulder blades
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pluralof shoulder blade.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Margaret Clark's daughter Rona McClure has been in MacLehose Court for several years, after a cancerous tumour went through her shoulder blades and crushed her spine.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
The end of this season felt like a dagger between the shoulder blades, and for that credit goes to the scrappy Sounders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024
Patients applied 5 milliliters of the drug combo between their shoulder blades every day for a year-and-a-half.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024
He’d land with the back of his head and shoulder blades hitting the pads first.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023
She dug in her heels and burrowed against the elbows, hips, and shoulder blades of strangers.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
