He turned again to his fishing, but his shrug was more of a shudder than appeared to be complimentary to Percy Draymore.
In that case," rejoined my friend, with the cynical shrug of the newspaper man, "she has very promptly succeeded.
Two days before the recital, David Cannon, with whom she was going over the programme for the last time, turned suddenly from the piano with an impatient shrug of his shoulders.
And after venting his opinion he went out in search of something to eat, and if he found that something he was happy--if not it was a shrug of the shoulders, and to sleep an hour or two sooner.
There was an expressive shrug of the shoulders that meant anything you chose.
He mused aloud, with the shrug of a philosopher: "Heigh-ho!
I reached the point where I could shrug my shoulders indifferently.
The long-haired person in the gutter gave a shrug and a little superior smile.
Then Miss Long gave a protestingshrug of her slim shoulders.
The Countess gave her theshrug of secret sympathy.
He repeated his advice with a very emphatic shrugof the shoulder.
When Bellamy with a shrug of the shoulders answered the summons, three men in plain clothes entered.
Bellamy, with a little shrug of the shoulders, left him alone.
Oskar pointed to Amy, who had gone to sleep on his shoulder, and intimated by a smile and a shrug of his shoulders that under such circumstances he could not think of going for the present.
Had celebrity in these days anything at all to do with honour, and was being ignored and forgotten worth even a singleshrug of regret?
Finally, with a shrug of the shoulders, she turned away from the bell.
With a little shrugof the shoulders he took his own place in the great touring car.
We can go to the very gates because when we get there we know how to shrug our shoulders and turn away.
A rather peculiar taste," Hannah said with another shrug which seemed to add: "She has gone clear daft on those Gentile books of hers, as true as I live.
Elena gave a just perceptible shrug of the shoulders, and with her eyes motioned Insarov to the door.
Elena gave a slight shrug and went into Anna Vassflyevna's room.
After dinner, Elena with Bersenyev and Shubin went into the garden; Zoya looked after them, and, with a slight shrug of her shoulders, sat down to the piano.
With a shrugof his shoulders he turned and stared into space again.
With a shrug of his shoulders Jaffrey Bretton resumed the lighting of his cigarette.
Left alone, the Count thoughtfully regarded the letter for a moment, then with a shrug he restored it to his pocket, and turned to go around the corner of the house to the front piazza.
If you choose to put it in that way, yes," he answered, with a shrug of his shoulders.
In the ante-chamber, thinking himself alone with his school-mate, he indulges in an inexpressible shrug of the shoulders.
Her husband gave it to her," resumes Caroline, with a shrugof her shoulders.
John MacAlpine first discharged his Celtic electricity, and then disengaged his responsibility with theshrug of the right shoulder which was habitual to him.
He wore his learning, all his weight of honour lightly--with a smile, even with a slight shrug of the shoulder.
That's more than I can tell you," said Kilsip, with a shrug of his shoulders.
Calton turned from her with a shrug of his shoulders.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shrug" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
