Definition: 1. A gesture involving the shoulders. 2. Raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation.
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Use 'shrug' in a sentence:
1. He shrugged indifferently.
2. Stress is so normalized that it is easy for women to shrug off those symptoms as simply the consequences of stress.
3. I tried to shrug away from her, but her grasp was tight.
4. The man shrugged his shoulders.
5. Erica made a little deprecating shrug.
6. Mr Singh’s main response has been a shrug and a twinkly smile.
7. When someone asks me this I just shrug and smile.
8. Some are inclined to shrug their shoulders.
9. 'It'll be fine,' she replied, with a nonchalant shrug.
10. I shrug, anxiously.
11. He just laughed and shrugged it off.
12. It's easy to shrug this off as someone else's problem while living with a vast gap between the social connections one has and what one desires.
13. Many in Japan shrug off the problem of ageing.
14. I shrugged, as if to say, 'Why not?'
15. Maybe some people might like to shrug it off as mere ego.
16. When someone asks me this, I just shrug and smile.
17. But most companies will be able to shrug off the credit squeeze.
18. I admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.
19. She repeated the almost imperceptible shrug.
20. It is a disaster that the rest of the world cannot shrug off.
21. She gave a shrug of her shoulders.
22. Furness shrugs wearily. He has heard it all before.
23. Anne shrugged, as if she didn't know.
24. He shrugged his shoulders, saying he didn't know and didn't care.
25. ‘ It'll be fine, ’ she replied, with a nonchalant shrug.
26. Make eye contact with the people passing, nod to them, gesture keen interest in talking to them at a later time, point to your phone, shrug and move on.
27. But all he did was shrug.
28. Ruth looks at me and I shrug.“I don’t know what to ask, ” I say.
29. She shrugged him away angrily.
30. Those who do not like him, shrug up their shoulders, and exclaim--there he is again!
31. He gave a feeble shrug and tried to squirm free.
32. I shrug, and change the subject.
33. 'Do you mind if I wait?' I asked. Melanie shrugged: 'Please yourself.'
34. She shrugged. 'You can count me in, I guess.'
35. Mme Arlette gave a Gallic shrug.
36. Property is cyclical, they shrug.
37. 'I wonder why.' Mr. Dambar shrugged. 'It must be just one of those things, I guess.'
38. Most importantly, shrug off any ‘shoulds’.
39. She shrugged her shoulders.
40. Ron Paul is an unusual politician because he is not content to shrug his shoulders.
41. She gave a careless shrug.
42. She shrugged a stray lock of hair out of her eyes.
43. He gave a self-deprecating shrug.
44. Shrugging off her injury, she played on.
45. If you sit back, shrug, and say you can't do anything, their interests will prevail over yours.
46. He shrugged aside suggestions that he resign.
47. When I finally posed the question, 'Why?' he merely shrugged.
48. She gave the officer a blank stare and shrugged her shoulders.
49. He shrugged off the criticism.
50. Kevin shrugged off his jacket.
51. ‘ I don't know, ’ Anna replied, shrugging her shoulders.
52. Sam shrugged and said nothing.
53. "I suppose so," said Anna with a shrug.
54. He shrugged whimsically, his eyes crinkling behind his glasses.
55. He carefully observed the shrug of one man's shoulders, the position of another's hands, the scowl on one face and the frown on another.
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