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Meanings of round-shouldered in English

Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect.

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Usage of round-shouldered in English
1
Constant stooping over the kitchen range had made her a little round-shouldered.
Married
2
His posture went from erect and square-shouldered to slightly slumped and round-shouldered.
The seeker
3
She had always seemed such a mouse: round-shouldered, and small, and meek.
The Secret Eleanor
4
Tcheprakov was not of robust constitution: he was narrow-chested, round-shouldered, and long-legged.
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
5
At home she was a little round-shouldered drudge in her mother's service.
The History of David Grieve
6
He was a tall, lean man, quite round-shouldered and of studious appearance.
Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls
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He was tall, round-shouldered, with a long, sharp nose and bald head.
Creatures That Once Were Men
8
The new Canon was a round man, round-shouldered, round-faced, round-stomached, round legged.
The Cathedral: A Novel
9
The big, round-shouldered sand-dunes were the sleeping giants of some old northern tale.
Anne's House of Dreams
10
Though slightly round-shouldered, her form was well-proportioned and suggested natural vigour.
Born in Exile
11
Say goats to him and he actually gets round-shouldered and limps.
Starr, of the Desert
12
He stooped and was a little round-shouldered, but even then he was tall.
The Pit Prop Syndicate
13
The man listened round-shouldered, but seeming much too stupid to understand.
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
14
In the kitchen was a low iron stove and a small round-shouldered refrigerator.
Pandemonium
15
Cairnsmuir and Ben Gairn stood out south and north like blue, round-shouldered sentinels.
The Black Douglas
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He was a New Englander, a carpenter, round-shouldered, tall and bony.
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