shrug

Example Sentences

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Zeke shrugged “How would we know? What birds ever talk to us?”

From Literature

At the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, Bessent shrugged off a question about European institutional investors ditching U.S. assets.

From Barron's

The sudden shift in the outlook surprised a market that had been shrugging off earlier signals of lower late-January temperatures.

From The Wall Street Journal

Young Chinese have largely shrugged off these measures, saying they are not enough to address the problem.

From Barron's

But when pressed on what might happen next, or what the next move from European allies might be, there is, from some, a shrug of the shoulders.

From BBC