shrug off

Example Sentences

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The stock market has tended to shrug off other military eruptions over the following years, even when share prices fell sharply upon the outbreak of hostilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

It’s warm and hearty and immediately satisfying, the thing you want the moment you shrug off your coat and kick your boots into a corner.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

Only fraudsters would complain, he said, while honest retirees would just shrug off a month’s delay in their checks.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026

Car buyers continued to shrug off higher prices earlier this year even as they pared back shopping for everything from dishwashers to beer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

I hung up with a mixture of relief and anxiety, unable to shrug off the notion that I had been tested and had failed.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison