Examples of shoulder-high in a Sentence
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The players, new heroes, were carried off shoulder-high.
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
The next pitch was shoulder-high, easily ball four, but Chourio could not resist.
—Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Along its back wall, four cubicles were separated by white partitions, about shoulder-high.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
The shoulder-high fastball only served to set up the next pitch, an 85 mph changeup that snapped back over the inside corner and sailed past Ohtani’s bat.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
After being abandoned to shoulder-high weeds for nearly a decade, the former elementary school site in Woodland Hills is now a target for development.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
Today, shoulder-high grasses wave in the wind and attract wildlife.
—Jane Margolies, New York Times, 1 June 2023
No one seemed to care much about the Black American who had helped forge Australian democracy, who had been tried for treason by the British colonial authorities and whose acquittal sparked a street celebration in Melbourne, where he was carried shoulder-high into a sea of 10,000 people.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
The trail takes us straight into the fragrant, shoulder-high shrubs.
—Jayme Moye, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2023
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
The next pitch was shoulder-high, easily ball four, but Chourio could not resist.
—Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Along its back wall, four cubicles were separated by white partitions, about shoulder-high.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
The shoulder-high fastball only served to set up the next pitch, an 85 mph changeup that snapped back over the inside corner and sailed past Ohtani’s bat.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
After being abandoned to shoulder-high weeds for nearly a decade, the former elementary school site in Woodland Hills is now a target for development.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
Today, shoulder-high grasses wave in the wind and attract wildlife.
—Jane Margolies, New York Times, 1 June 2023
No one seemed to care much about the Black American who had helped forge Australian democracy, who had been tried for treason by the British colonial authorities and whose acquittal sparked a street celebration in Melbourne, where he was carried shoulder-high into a sea of 10,000 people.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
The trail takes us straight into the fragrant, shoulder-high shrubs.
—Jayme Moye, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2023
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“Shoulder-high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoulder-high. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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