Example sentences for: shrugged

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

  • 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."

  • For years, people have shrugged off suggestions that cell phones could cause certain kinds of tumors.

  • 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 .

  • Wall Street shrugged off the decline as a "necessary and expected" correction.

  • There are examples beyond number of simply illegal contributions that the press and public just shrugged off.


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