shrug

Example Sentences

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He added a critical caveat, however, by noting how five years of above-target inflation made it harder to assume the public would simply shrug off another round of rising prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

They bring a shrug, then an eye cast toward the next record high.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

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

Some here have pointed out the reaction of Gulf residents to drone strikes that in Kyiv would prompt no more than a shrug.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

I shrug, making the outline of Dorothy Dingle’s head extra thick.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko