How to Use shoulder to shoulder in a Sentence

shoulder to shoulder

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  • The church has donated tons and tons of food to help do good, shoulder to shoulder with some of the players.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
  • On game-day mornings, Pfander will help pull the tarp, shoulder to shoulder with the grounds crew.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 July 2022
  • Stephen was with me, shoulder to shoulder throughout that whole process.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Dozens of officers stood shoulder to shoulder in a line that snaked longer than a city block.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The attendees, many of whom had to stand shoulder to shoulder along the walls in the too-small room, stayed for the entire 90-minute meeting.
    — Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But when McIlroy came by, the hill filled up, fans standing shoulder to shoulder for a glimpse at their hero.
    — The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But this was next level, shoulder to shoulder, front to back, just shimming along on those streets.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Workers are working shoulder to shoulder processing and cutting the wings, the legs, the rest of the chicken.
    — Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The draft itself was quite a scene, with a massive stage set up just off The Strip, and thousands of fans standing shoulder to shoulder for what seemed to be a mile.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022
  • My mother did not appraise him at all, this boy now standing shoulder to shoulder with me.
    — Ishion Hutchinson, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Noemi and other neighbors joined, shoulder to shoulder, until the group grew large enough to drive the workers away.
    — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The goal: Place Napa shoulder to shoulder with these global favorites.
    — Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Standing shoulder to shoulder, workers move each shell along a table lined with rollers.
    — Rebecca Lieberman, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Black people still struggled to stand shoulder to shoulder with white people.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • But suppose a pretty lady is praying next to me shoulder to shoulder.
    — Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Talking through issues shoulder to shoulder instead of face to face provides a sense of unity.
    — By Jenny Rough, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • That means this season, barring another move, very likely will be the sole lap with all five lining up, shoulder to shoulder and start to start.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Sitting shoulder to shoulder, fixing their eyes straight-ahead, the players rarely so much as glance at one another.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Sitting shoulder to shoulder, the co-stars behave like real-life siblings.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 June 2023
  • The United States and Europe were supposed to stand shoulder to shoulder to protect the gains reaped from 70 years of cooperation.
    — G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017
  • People stood shoulder to shoulder — arms glistening with sweat from laboring amid the thick, hot air.
    — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Few musical acts can stand shoulder to shoulder with The Beatles.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The 40-foot vessel tilted from the weight as people climbed aboard and pushed into the two dank cabins, sitting shoulder to shoulder or standing because there was no more space.
    — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Inside, older adults sit shoulder to shoulder around dozens of folding tables.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2023
  • The community and its allies are working shoulder to shoulder to save Yellowknife as the fire inches closer.
    — Tracey Lindeman, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2023
  • As this webathon winds down, please consider standing shoulder to shoulder with us in tackling one of the most menacing goliaths of our time.
    — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Plants native to prairies, for example, tend to grow best when planted shoulder to shoulder, holding each other upright even in strong winds or heavy rains.
    — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Lively dim sum joints, bulgogi spots, and taco bars sit shoulder to shoulder beneath gaudy signs in every language.
    — Von Diaz, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2022
  • Instead, animal rights activists who want to ban thoroughbred racing stood shoulder to shoulder with horse lovers who have devoted their lives to the sport.
    — New York Times, 6 May 2022
  • This town, and this world, needs to see people together in harmony, and see all these former competitors walking shoulder to shoulder.
    — oregonlive, 1 June 2022

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