I don't hear the steps, just the hands lie on my shoulders, unsurely, shyly as if accustoming.

The apathy that had lain on my shoulders like a fog seemed to be lifting.

The armchair's color is repeated in a sort of cape that lies on the de Kooning woman's shoulders.

This gift will lie heavily on your shoulders if not used with caution.

But when the time comes, the compulsion or the responsibility of taking other provinces lies on our shoulders.

It was still light, of course, but the day was lying on my shoulders like a heavy coat.

A Patu (piece of cloth) is always lying on their shoulders in both seasons.

Easier might be a better word, in that the full weight of responsibility now lies on your father's broad and capable shoulders.

The game's problems, which he is trying to solve, do not lie lightly on his shoulders.

His battle hood was loosened to lie back on his shoulders.