Example sentences for: shrugged

How can you use “shrugged” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Politics has become entertainment, a political consultant shrugged to the Associated Press.

  • The NYT says that although Chile has called for the release of the 82 year-old former military strong man (and permanent Chilean Senator) on grounds of diplomatic immunity, Spain and Britain have "shrugged off the protests."

  • Angelo looked at me, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know.

  • Markets everywhere shrugged."

  • In November, 1991, when I mentioned to a resident of Sankt-Peterburg my distaste for the restored official name, she shrugged and remarked, Well, the thing was to get rid of the Lenin .


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