- present participle of shoulder.
shouldering
Example Sentences
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The sale process comes just eight months on from Khun Top saying he is shouldering the blame for the club's drastic recent demise.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
With your brother’s illness, you are shouldering a physical, emotional and legal burden.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Some are shouldering the costs of raising children while trying to turbocharge their retirement savings or manage age-related health problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
And yet this same group of workers is also shouldering the care of aging parents and adult children.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Then they came down from the ladders and the procession started down the hill again, Miss Fannie shouldering the ladders, Miss Annie jangling her empty pail of glue.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
