ADJECTIVE
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having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect
a little oldish misshapen stooping woman
How To Use round-shouldered In A Sentence
- Some studies have shown that a consistently round-shouldered posture may cause a shortening in one of the shoulder ligaments (the band of tissue that connects the bones).
- Onlookers used to the swagger of pre-Red Millbrook days hardly recognised the dimmed round-shouldered slinker as the wolf of the tracks, the sexual predator that had set alarmed mothers scurrying protectively after their chicks. The Elvis Latte
- When your middle and upper body are weak compared to your leg and hip muscles, you're more prone to low back pain which poor, round-shouldered runners are so famous for.
- Slim, round-shouldered, with a feint moustache, he looked careworn and world-weary from the moment he graduated to international cricket.
- In any case, except for Alf, the round-shouldered old toolsetter who waved to him, different people worked there. THE OPEN DOOR
- Just a few stalks will have a round-shouldered, introverted schlump like me oozing androsterone out of every pore! Celery: Viva Veggie Viagra!
- A big, hearty, round-shouldered guy full of bonhomie, Lechelt is never more bearish than when he talks about seafood.
- The willowy and immaculate members of this class are physically contrasted to the squat and round-shouldered working class.
- There are long shots of a round-shouldered, perpetually scowling artist trudging along a street.
- Bend at the hips, not the waist or back - this will help prevent you from getting too round-shouldered.