How to Use shoulder pad in a Sentence
shoulder pad
noun-
After the play, Maye could be seen on the broadcast adjusting his shoulder pad in the area of his right shoulder.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Instead, Mahomes patted Branch on the shoulder pad.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
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Mariota’s shoulder pad hit Quinn squarely in the face, and he was knocked backward onto the ground.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
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This was a non-tackling 11-on-11, but the players collided hard at the shoulder pad level.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
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With two minutes left, quarterback Justin Herbert shrugged off or evaded multiple would-be tacklers, scrambled to his left and was able to throw around an oncoming defender’s shoulder pad and fit the pass into a sliver of space for a 20-yard, game-tying touchdown.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
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