Two men are walking towards me carrying a pole across their shoulders.

Then he bent and hefted the woman in a seaman's carry across his shoulders.

It usually takes the form of a relay race in teams of 3 where the runners have to carry heavy sacks across their shoulders.

Ta-Kumsaw carried his father's body home across his shoulders, like a deer.

Carrying it across my shoulders, I stalked away through the dust.

Behind him came his obedient pet, carrying the captive across his shoulders.

One of them carried a cylinder across his shoulders.

In spite of that, the duffel bag he carried across his shoulders seemed to be growing heavier with each step forward.

Each of them carried two big sacks across his shoulders.

He was bent low, carrying a heavy burden across his shoulders.