How to use shrug in a sentence

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• The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.From the entry chamber
• He shrugged off the insults and proceeded despite them.From the entry shrug off
• You can shrug by shortening up your shoulders and express anger or disgust by shortening up the upper lip.From the entry shorten up
• She responded with an indifferent shrug.From the entry indifferent
• He's shrugged off his gang days and gotten into a decent school.2021 July 23, Andrea Martin, Another Man's Wife, Andrea Martin. From the entry shrug off
• Shrugging, the twins lowered their faces in concentration over the intricate raindrop cake they were decorating.2019, Connie Glynn, The Lost Princess, Penguin UK, →ISBN. From the entry raindrop cake
• "How did you get your hands on it?" The kidnapper shrugged, coyly.2016, K. Lache, Valor, →ISBN. From the entry a magician never reveals his secrets
• “And maybe some of that double-sided tape celebrities use.” She tilted her head in a half shrug.2016, Stephanie Scott, Alterations, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry thanksies
• Levashev shrugged; the shrug said that Americans were a hurrisome people.2015, Ellery Queen, Guess Who's Coming to Kill You?. From the entry hurrisome
• "Pretty much the same old-same old," she lied with an idle shrug.2014, Becca Sinh, The Chieftain's Daughter, →ISBN. From the entry same old-same old
• Anna Sparks shrugged into her air jacket and slipped her bib over the top of it.2014, Lauren St John, The One Dollar Horse. From the entry air jacket
• It's Leaky." One of the orderlies snickered and I shrugged with a wry smile.2014, Tyffani Clark Kemp, Hunted. From the entry hatesome
• "How, exactly, would that work?" ¶ Mavis shrugged, grinned right back at him.2013, Carsten Stroud, The Homecoming, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 301. From the entry take
• One of the men shrugged: Ach well, we knew it was coming.2012 August 10, James Kelman, A Chancer, Birlinn, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry gave
• She shrugged, popped her gum, straightened up with a little headflip.2012, James Axler, The Lost Scrolls. From the entry headflip
• She shrugged and set down the dope stick she'd been puffing on.2012, Alan Dean Foster, The Moment of the Magician. From the entry dope stick
• “A fustercluck indeed,” he agreed, and she shrugged as a wet line ran down her spine.2011, Andrew Van Wey, Forsaken, link. From the entry fustercluck
• 'I like being with my pals and getting mad with it,' he shrugs.2011 September 24, Gavin Knight, “The woman taking the fight to Glasgow's gangs”, in The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 18…. From the entry mad with it
• Leah shrugged, and the girls pulled on their clean, damp kirtles and gathered skirtfuls of flowers.2007, Constance Leeds, “Summertime: July 23, 1096”, in The Silver Cup, Viking, →ISBN. From the entry skirtful
• So I shrugged and shifted like my grundies were too tight.2003, Ken Catran, Bloody Liggie, page 95. From the entry grundies
• What exactly was his job?" Gary shrugged and produced a weak laugh.2002, Richard Haddock, Arkalalah, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry all
• I christened the facilities, shrugged into my windbreaker, and met Dolan at his door.2002, Sue Grafton, Q Is for Quarry. From the entry facilities
• "Aeviternity," the old man said in a matter-of-fact way, shrugging his shoulders.2002, William [W.] Ferguson [III], chapter 16, in Jonah Christopher and the Last Chance Mass, Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press…. From the entry aeviternity
• Maybe the Powers in general?" She shrugged and tilted her bottle up, nearly finishing the liquid.2001, Yvonne Navarro, Tempted Champions - Page 110. From the entry killworthy
• He shrugged forbearingly, and stared at a framed photograph of Monsieur Cordier on the mantelpiece.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 142. From the entry forbearingly
• She tried to shrug off the effects of her own overactive imagination and failed miserably.2000, Constance Laux, Diamonds and Desire, page 299. From the entry gammon and pickles
• Some Christians have simply shrugged their shoulders and said, “Oh, well.2000, “This Lesson in Your Life: Reaching Out to Others”, in Wesley C. Reagan, editor, The Higley Lesson Commentary (International Uniform…. From the entry what can one do
• If she smiles and shrugs, then the lady most likely sits comfortably tall.1983, Ann Harper, Glenn Lewis, The Big Beauty Book: Glamour for the Fuller-Figure Woman, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, →ISBN, page 169…. From the entry slumper
• When Hel shrugged and changed the subject diplomatically, the nape of Diamond's neck horripilated with embarrassment.1979, Trevanian [pseudonym; Rodney William Whitaker], Shibumi, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers; republished as Shibumi: A Novel, New…. From the entry horripilate
• Nancey Richey Gunter of San Angelo, Tex., shrugged off a leg injury today and defeated Mrs.1972 August 21, “Mrs. Gunter Beats Mrs. King”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry Nancey
• 'What will you ladies?' she had answered, shrugging her shoulders, 'it is Fate.'1958 October 12, Isak Dinesen [pseudonym; Karen Blixen], “Babette’s Feast”, in Anecdotes of Destiny, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC…. From the entry condole
• Then she shrugged, the mildest, most indifferent gesture he had ever seen, and smiled.1953, James Baldwin, “Gabriel’s Prayer”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain (A Laurel Book), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published…. From the entry indifferent
• The clerk shrugged: “That's the boss's little girl.” “Why, the lucky stiff!” said Keating.1943, Ayn Rand, chapter IX, in The Fountainhead. From the entry stiff
• Clever shrugged and put the can of hot records under his seat.1943, Ted W[illiam] Lawson, edited by Robert Considine, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC, page 52. From the entry record-player
• Nickle shrugged his shoulders to indicate the inexpressible ambit of Mr.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry ambit
• Why, then, were people shrugging their shoulders at mention of his name?1912, Ralph Straus, “The gates open”, in The Prison Without a Wall, Henry Holt, pages 188-189. From the entry sheepwise
• But the affair at the Piccadilly put an end to their shrugs; it broke their silence.1912, Ralph Straus, “The gates open”, in The Prison Without a Wall, Henry Holt, pages 188-189. From the entry sheepwise

Meaning of shrug

1. noun A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge about something.
2. noun A cropped, cardiganlike garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.
3. verb To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.

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Questions about shrug in a sentence

How do you use shrug in a sentence?

Shrug is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He dismissed my comment with a shrug.”

What is a short sentence with shrug?

“She responded with an indifferent shrug.”

What does shrug mean?

Shrug means a lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge about something.