[
UK
/ʃɹˈʌɡ/
]
[ US /ˈʃɹəɡ/ ]
[ US /ˈʃɹəɡ/ ]
VERB
- raise one's shoulders to indicate indifference or resignation
NOUN
- a gesture involving the shoulders
How To Use shrug In A Sentence
- One might be optimistic and say that, given it's their job to judge a book by the words on the page rather than by the stushie surrounding it, one can expect them to be more concentrated in the category of detached shruggers; one can expect a higher standard of scrutiny, surely. Hype Hype Hoorah!
- I shrugged uselessly, before I turned to hear Alex's laugh vibrating in the room.
- He shrug his low opinion of the occupant of the room.
- she shrugged indifferently
- For two 50-minute sets the crowd shrugged and shimmied to the rhythm of a more blithe and brilliant era.
- Ashlee just shrugged the criticism off as usual, but deep down I know it hurts her.
- When asked why the government did not rebut them as it did when anti-government stories appeared, he just shrugged his shoulders.
- The students shrug; that's life, they seem to say.
- Heath's eyes softened and he dropped his hands to his lap, shrugging his shoulders.
- Shrugging, he pushed open the door to the bar and almost choked on the smoke that hung thickly in the air.