Attempt
Shoulder
Shoulder verb - To take to or upon oneself.
Attempt and shoulder are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attempt" instead a verb "Shoulder".
Nearby Words: shouldered, shouldering
Common collocations
| plot | attempt plot | shoulder plot |
Both words in one sentence
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In Batman: Year One, Bruce Wayne is arrested after his first unsuccessful attempt at crimefighting and has to break a pair of handcuffs after being shot in the shoulder.
Source: Breaking the Bonds -
She then stretched and choked Hendrix until Hendrix couldn't even attempt to get a shoulder up.
Source: Wrestling / Sara Del Rey -
In the Tom Clancy novel Patriot Games, Jack Ryan is caught up in an assassination attempt on a member of the Royal Family, in the process getting shot in the shoulder.
Source: Only a Flesh Wound
Cite this Source
Shoulder and Attempt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/shoulder
Attempt & Shoulder. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/shoulder>.
Shoulder or Attempt. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/attempt/shoulder.
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