shrug

Example Sentences

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This was an early version of the Jordan Shrug, which was enshrined into sports lore the following year, during the first game of the N.B.A.

From The New Yorker • May 11, 2016

Who knows — Kanye, who performs two Hollywood Bowl shows this weekend, has been in Kanye Shrug mode and could easily make his biggest move in the fourth quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2015

Shrug, and say “Well, we tried to give Li’l Kim a chance,” and walk away.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2012

Stocks Shrug Off Earnings, Wait for Bernanke NEW YORK—U.S. stocks wavered, as lagging health-care stocks competed with enthusiasm over second-quarter earnings from financials ahead of testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 21, 2010

"Shrug your shoulders. Puff out your cheeks. Touch your nose and then my finger. Stick out your tongue."

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi