"Broad-shouldered" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The broad-shouldered figure paid no attention to anyone but Evan. He staggered past the accountants and held out his hand to the ...
— A Canadian Bankclerk • J. P. Buschlen
... touches to it, received twenty cents for his trouble, and Tom hurried out and in a few seconds more was standing in front of the desk. He did not see much room when he got there, for there was a big broad-shouldered man standing in front of the desk, with his arms spread out over it, talking with the clerk; but he stepped back to make space for Tom, and smiled so good-naturedly at him over his bushy whiskers that ...
— Elam Storm, The Wolfer - The Lost Nugget • Harry Castlemon
... was thin and querulous, but painfully weak, and the stalwart, broad-shouldered negress to whom the cry was addressed had an anxious, startled look on her usually stolid face as she turned away from the open door and went ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 - of Popular Literature and Science • Various
... a broad-shouldered, burly man, who was well past thirty-five years of age, and whose chin was deeply scarred by a wound, now ...
— With Joffre at Verdun - A Story of the Western Front • F. S. Brereton
... semi-nautical gait. He was followed by a stranger, and by his eldest son, Lucien—a tall, grave, slender youth of twenty-three, who was in many respects the opposite of his brother Mariano, physically as well as mentally. The latter was middle-sized, broad-shouldered, and very powerful, with short curly brown hair, flashing eyes and sprightly disposition—active as a kitten, and rather mischievous. Lucien was grave, gentle, and studious; elegantly rather than powerfully formed, and disposed ...
— The Pirate City - An Algerine Tale • R.M. Ballantyne
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