I shrugged my shoulders, and raised my eyebrows, smiling at him.
He was thoughtful for a single moment, but next second shrugged his shoulders, with a gesture of disregard.
But my mysterious neighbour only shrugged his shoulders vaguely, answering: "There is a reason why she will never admit his death--a strong reason.
The short, bald-headed man shrugged his shoulders dubiously, whereat, in order not to go contrary to his opinion, I turned our conversation into a different channel.
The Italian shrugged his shoulders, answering: "Ah, signore, you had better not ask.
Before I had said half enough to soothe my lacerated feelings, the girl simply shrugged and looked bored.
First of all I shrugged at the captain of the guard and turned back from the ship as though his refusal to let us aboard was of no consequence.
Martin-Roget had turned his head away and shrugged his shoulders with well-assumed indifference, "you cannot and dare not let me see him.
He shrugged his broad shoulders and suddenly fell to contemplating the distant landscape.
The proconsul laughed and shrugged his shoulders--of a truth he thought citizen Martin-Roget an awful fool.
He shrugged his shoulders and the men resumed their game and their argument.
He shrugged his shoulders and through his fine eyes shot a glance of mockery and scorn on the thin, shrunken figure of the Terrorist.
She shruggedher shoulders and resumed her tatting.
The young officer hesitated, shrugged his shoulders, wheeled his men about, and left the fire to correct any irregularity in his action.
Woods shruggedhis high shoulders, "One can expect nothing else.
Generally they did not attempt to answer it, but shrugged their shoulders with a look of unutterable disgust, or said, "Disgraceful!
I asked, and she laughed and Shruggedher shoulders.
The mate shrugged his shoulders heavily and said no more.
As for Miss Vintry--" He shrugged his ponderous shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders; she understood and nodded.
He shruggedhis shoulders now, murmuring hoarsely, "You must do as you like.
She stood still by the mantelpiece a moment longer, shrugged shoulders in her turn--really that Savage Master!
I turned once or twice to see what those we had left behind were doing, and always found them standing in apparent debate; but my guard showed so much jealousy of these movements that I presently shrugged my shoulders again and desisted.
After all, this was a little, little place; the people who lived here--I shrugged my shoulders.
Louis shrugged his shoulders, and moved on, glancing askance at me; and I, not understanding the matter in debate, followed the pair in silence.
He shrugged his shoulders and looked across the room at me with a smile half sad half comical.
He straightened himself with that, nodded once, and went back to the fire; and I shrugged my shoulders and began to eat, affecting to forget his presence.
I shrugged my shoulders in disdain, and together, the sergeant leading the way with the light, we crossed the dim meadow, and passed through the gate where Mademoiselle had kissed my hand, and up the ghostly walk between the rose bushes.
Varvara Pavlovna remained standing where she was for some time, then she slightly shrugged her shoulders, took the little girl back into the other room, undressed her, and put her to bed.
Passing at that moment in front of a looking-glass, he just glanced at his face in it, and then shrugged his shoulders.
Lavretsky shrugged his shoulders, and followed him into the house.
But that functionary only shrugged his shoulders and replaced the Guide upon the mantelpiece.
I recognize his good taste," said the countess sarcastically, as she shrugged her pretty shoulders disdainfully.
Florestan shrugged his shoulders, took me by the arm, and led me to the carriage in spite of my remonstrances; and when he left me at the office he made me promise to call on him at his apartments.
Angelica shrugged her shoulders, and apparently preferred to leave the question unanswered.
Jansen shrugged his shoulders, growled out a few unintelligible words, and began to mount the stairs without paying any further heed to this answer.
The coachman turned the lantern full in the face of the new-comer, and shrugged his shoulders.
The person of the house shruggedher shoulders and shook her head.
She shrugged her shoulders as I closed the door and came back into the room.
The Colonel looked at it again, shrugged his shoulders, and laughed.
Varvara Pavlovna stood still for some time in the same place, slightly shrugged her shoulders, carried the little girl off into the next room, undressed her and put her to bed.
Lavretsky shrugged his shoulders and followed him.
Going up to the looking-glass he minutely scrutinised his own face and shrugged his shoulders.
William Streeter stared and shrugged his shoulders; but Higgins flushed a dull red.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shrugged" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
