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Example sentences for: shrugs

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

"I'll play the hand I was dealt," he shrugs stoically.
Suddenly forced to keep company with men named Vito and Vinnie, to bury a corpse beside the East River, and to make like a gangster with a voice that's a cross between John Wayne and Tweety Bird, the squeamish Englishman winces, bites his lip, bats his eyelashes, shrugs sheepishly, and looks--yes--adorably abashed.
A fertility expert shrugs, "If people want to spend $150,000 for the eggs of a gorgeous woman who has an IQ of 68, let them."
"Some people want a Caddy and others want a Chevy," he shrugs.
Shrugs the journalist, by way of expiation, "It wasn't my story."