Round-shouldered (Adjective)
Meaning
Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; "a little oldish misshapen stooping woman".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The round-shouldered woman hobbled along the street, her frail frame bent with age and hardship.
- He stood beside the round-shouldered clerk, who was peering over the rim of his glasses at a dusty ledger.
- After years of poor posture, she had become a round-shouldered shadow of her former self.
- The artist's depiction of the old man showed him as round-shouldered and worn, with deep lines etched into his face.
- The round-shouldered librarian looked up from her book and peered over the top of her reading glasses, a look of disapproval on her face.