After a silence, shrugging his shoulders, he replied: "I don't know.
The blood is none so cold that I can see," said Rollo, shrugginghis shoulders.
The managers left the box during the entr'acte to find out more about the cabal of which the stage-manager had spoken; but they soon returned to their seats, shrugging their shoulders and treating the whole affair as silly.
The peasant, whose face grew dark with dread, nodded, shrugging his shoulders.
The farmer, shrugging his shoulders, thrust out his under lip in a queer way he had.
BILL hesitates; then shrugging his shoulders, he touches FREDA's arms, and goes back into the workroom, closing the door.
A villainous race of shoulder-shrugging mortals are his Frenchmen indeed.
Shrugging his shoulders as though to shrug aside absolutely any possible further responsibility concerning, "little brother," Stanton began to dig down deeper into the box.
With a little shrugging air of apology the girl straightened up very stiffly in her chair.
Shrugging his shoulders with mirthful appreciation Stanton proceeded then and there to re-pack his treasures and end the interview.
That's not my lookout," said Randolph, shrugging his shoulders.
It seems to me that you have plenty of red tape here," said Coleman, shrugging his shoulders.
Really, it will be quite a mixed affair," said Randolph, shrugging his shoulders.
DI NOLLI (shrugging his shoulders and smiling sadly, like one lending himself unwillingly to an untimely joke).
Blandois, smiling and shrugging his shoulders, 'somebody has poisoned that noble dog.
Enguerrand said, shrugging his shoulders, "You can't do me a greater kindness than by setting my wits at work.
So the child flew away while Esther passed Miss Mina, silently shrugging her shoulders.
Shrugging her shoulders, she replied: "I certainly see no resemblance between the tousled looking small savage and Cornelia.
I am willing to wait for some time," said Melville, shrugginghis shoulders.
She said she was going to write," said Eben, shrugging his shoulders.
I do not know," replied the gang-master, shrugginghis shoulders.
Too bigga crowd in front of us," replied the Italian gang-master, shrugging his shoulders.
It seems to be useless to hope to find the assassin," replied Tait, shrugging his shoulders.
I am afraid there is an element of selfishness mixed up in my offer," said Tait, shrugginghis shoulders.
You must question Hilliston as to that," replied Tait, shrugginghis shoulders.
No one knows," answered Linton, shrugging his shoulders.
I will stop," he said, after a pause, shrugging his shoulders as he accepted the strange offer made him.
But remembering the days when I myself attended the College of Burgundy, I set the freak to the credit of some young student, and, shrugging my shoulders, dismissed it from my mind.
As a suspect," Mirande answered, shrugginghis shoulders.
Consequently, she was much out of humour the whole of dinner-time, and when upon leaving the table a fresh proposal was again met by a refusal on the part of Louis, she went off shrugging her shoulders with a sigh of indignation.
Madame Delong, in a severe tone, and Marianne left the room shrugging her shoulders.
I would say that you ought to take advantage of it," said Gregory, shrugging his shoulders, "and tell her to bring at the same time a bottle of brandy.
And shrugginghis shoulders disdainfully, he passed on.
The puncher grunted his surprise, studied his hand, glanced at the pot and shrugging his shoulders, saw the raise.
Shrugging her shoulders, and surprised] How does she love him?
Hermon, with a muttered oath, stood still, shrugging his shoulders angrily.
Then let Fate take its course," said the slave, shrugginghis shoulders regretfully.
Thyone, shrugging her shoulders mournfully, pointed to the suffering artist.
O, oui," said the butcher, shrugging his shoulders.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shrugging" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
