How to Use head and shoulders in a Sentence

head and shoulders

adverb
  • But there is one episode that stands head and shoulders above the rest.
    — Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Squeeze your abs, and lift your head and shoulders off the ground.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Squeeze your abs, and lift your head and shoulders off the ground.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The junior stood head and shoulders above the field all year.
    — Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Or lift your head and shoulders off the mat and straighten your legs.
    — Emma Yasinski, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • That last option can even be filtered to show just faces or head and shoulders.
    — PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Pull the left leg toward you while lifting your head and shoulders off the floor.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Jan. 2014
  • There are, however, a few that stand head and shoulders above the rest.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 June 2022
  • Extend your arms over your head, raising your head and shoulders off the floor.
    — Alyssa Sparacino, Men's Health, 28 June 2023
  • Lift your head and shoulders and move the dumbbell to the outside of your right knee.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Lift your head and shoulders and move the dumbbell to the outside of your right knee.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Leave a small bit of room above your head and aim to include at least your head and shoulders in the frame.
    — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Leg, head and shoulder room were fine and the trunk opening is wide enough for large objects.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2019
  • The Lightning are head and shoulders above the rest of the East.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • For him, a Dre signature song stood head and shoulders above the rest.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Beachwood Buckeye stood head and shoulders above the rest of the field.
    — cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Pine boughs shield everything but my head and shoulders from the deer below.
    — Natalie Krebs, Field & Stream, 29 May 2020
  • Still, the driver's poop-deck view is lower than the big utes' but head and shoulders above a car's.
    — Steve Spence, Car and Driver, 9 June 2020
  • Lift your head and shoulders up, with fingertips lightly placed on the back of your head.
    — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Health.com, 10 July 2020
  • Lift your head and shoulders up, with fingertips lightly placed on the back of your head.
    — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Health.com, 10 July 2020
  • By moving their head and shoulders or flexing their calves, athletes can turn the luge.
    — John Eric Goff, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The chart above is showing you that the stock is now emerging from an inverse head and shoulders.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
  • On the track, Schwartz was head and shoulders above competitors.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 1 May 2021
  • All kinds of arguments are used, but here are three that rise head and shoulders above the others.
    — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • In two of the photos, the man's head and shoulders are in sunshine and the rest of him in shadow.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • In fact, there were so many quality films last year there isn't one that stands out heads and shoulders above the rest.
    — cleveland.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • That being said, there is one suggestion that stands out head and shoulders above the rest of them.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The best way to do that is to keep the head and shoulders aligned which keeps the airway as open as possible.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 24 May 2022
  • Lie on your back, with your head and shoulders supported by the ball, your knees bent, and your feet flat on the floor.
    — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 28 June 2020
  • The 6-foot-7 shot putter is head and shoulders above the field at this year’s Olympics.
    — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2021

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