Hoshi moved slump-shouldered, speaking not a word. From Wordnik.com. [Three Worlds to Conquer]
Minutes later, a slump-shouldered Bram approached. From Wordnik.com. [Entice Me at Twilight] Reference
Hoshi moved slump-shouldered, speak-ing not a word. From Wordnik.com. [Three Worlds To Conquer]
She pointed to Garrett, and he followed her, slump-shouldered, toward the basement door. From Wordnik.com. [Undead and Unworthy]
They stood and watched as, slump-shouldered, he shuffled out of Contact for the last time. From Wordnik.com. [Starfishers]
She sat on the grass, watching a group of slump-shouldered people searching for some shade. From Wordnik.com. [Auburn McCanta: Arizona Mourns the Loss of John McCain] Reference
Or seeing the glacial pace of slump-shouldered teenagers corralling carts at the grocery store. From Wordnik.com. [Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho: How Can I Teach] Reference
Evan Schaeffer is a slump-shouldered, brooding loner, the author of ten separate legal weblogs. From Wordnik.com. [Blogs/Blawgs] Reference
But the truth is, usually, when I finally submit a manuscript, I'm bone-tired and slump-shouldered. From Wordnik.com. [August 2006] Reference
She kept sight of Jadrek as he slipped back out the door, and she noticed that he was slump-shouldered and limping slightly. From Wordnik.com. [Oathbreaker]
The slump-shouldered, big-nosed man was at the door, wiping his lips as if maybe he had drooled with gratitude for the liquor. From Wordnik.com. [RL’s Dream] Reference
The anger had drained out of his face; he was sitting slump-shouldered now, and all of a sudden he seemed old and tired and wasted-looking. From Wordnik.com. [Hoodwink]
His mirth and good will run over during the good times, but he tends to become a slump-shouldered grouch with rabbit ears during the bad times. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Low round of day has Monty in hunt] Reference
They are in a Democratic club on Capitol Hill, slump-shouldered at the bar, having a drink and then two, in a state of what might be called depressed horror. From Wordnik.com. [Damsel of Distress] Reference
So we drove around town, and I lugged clunking sacks up flights of stairs, entering each family's hovel with the slump-shouldered, sullen indifference of the American teenager. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Cubias: Why I Don't Volunteer] Reference
There were weary middle-aged couples, sitting slump-shouldered on their wheeled suitcases at airport terminals with an expression on their faces that lay somewhere between embitterment and resignation. From Wordnik.com. [After the volcano: Home at last, and what a long, strange trip it was...] Reference
It includes the party's slump-shouldered elephant logo. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News] Reference
Against this slump-shouldered panorama the figures of Brando and Lee Marvin loom like Blindville's one-eyed kings. From Wordnik.com. [Bright Lights After Dark] Reference
Lead single "Buttercups" delivers a trademark Healy chime, all initial brightness with a sighing, slump-shouldered undercurrent sewn into its inner lining. From Wordnik.com. [HOME] Reference
He didn't win but he refused to lose, even after tottering on the edge of mental collapse as he muttered, hollered and finally stood slump-shouldered at several points like a beaten duffer. From Wordnik.com. [Home - BostonHerald.com]
Here he is a slump-shouldered, 40-something divorced father of two, living alone and spending his down time wondering how to banish the bewilderment and sadness in a life he never quite imagined for himself. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The fact that slump-shouldered Tony Bennett flashes back to scenes that his character doesn’t even appear in?. From Wordnik.com. [Weekly Mishmash: June 15-21 : Scrubbles.net] Reference
Sawako is a sweet, optimistic girl, but her spooky, slump-shouldered bearing is completely at odds with what’s inside. From Wordnik.com. [28 « July « 2009 « The Manga Curmudgeon] Reference
Again I realize that they’re looking at only Thomas Hockenberry, slump-shouldered, bewhiskered and begrimed, minus his cape and sword and levitation harness, a sloppy-looking foot soldier in dull bronze chest armor. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
"A 58-year-old, slump-shouldered Queens genius.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
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