SHRUG in a Sentence

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117 example sentences for SHRUG, such as:

1. Selden answered her with a shrug.
2. She saw Rhett's shoulders shrug lazily.
3. 'That's like him,' his brother said with a shrug.
4. 'Always too fresh, Leo,' Ambrosch remarked with a shrug.
5. He shrugged whimsically, his eyes crinkling behind his glasses.

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 Meanings and Examples of SHRUG
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
shrug
 v.  draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
Classic Sentence: (113 in 8 pages)
1  She saw Rhett's shoulders shrug lazily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  But she shrugged it off as she had learned to shrug off all unpleasant facts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
3  But one afternoon when she was consulting Dr. Meade about a digestive upset, she learned an unpleasant fact which she could not shrug off.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
4  As usual they would cast the blame upon the woman and shrug at the man's guilt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
5  Selden answered her with a shrug.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
6  The heap being in due course wiped out, Lord Hubert rose with a shrug, and joining Selden, adjourned with him to the deserted terrace of the club.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 1
7  'Always too fresh, Leo,' Ambrosch remarked with a shrug.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
8  'That's like him,' his brother said with a shrug.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: III
9  "They are your husband's," returned Mademoiselle, with a shrug and a malicious elevation of the eyebrows.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
10  "It's a happy thing to be satisfied," said Mr. Shelby, with a slight shrug, and some perceptible feelings of a disagreeable nature.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
11  Laurie smiled but didn't seem shocked, and answered with a shrug.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THREE
12  "Quite a pastoral state of innocence all round," returned Miss Belle with a shrug.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
13  And Miss Kate strolled away, adding to herself with a shrug, "I didn't come to chaperone a governess, though she is young and pretty."
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
14  If he did shrug his shoulders, it was not till Sir William was out of sight.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 60
15  Sherlock Holmes glanced sharply across at me with a slight shrug of his shoulders.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
Example Sentence:
1  I really admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.
2  The team have been able to shrug off their recent failures and perform well.
3  Microsoft shrugged off a 14% slump in PC sales during the first quarter to report net income of $6.1bn (£3.9m), up 18% from $5.1bn a year ago, beating analysts' forecasts.
4  He shrugged whimsically, his eyes crinkling behind his glasses.