Examples of 'shrugged his shoulders' in a sentence

Meaning of "shrugged his shoulders"

shrugged his shoulders: This idiomatic phrase conveys a gesture of indifference, uncertainty, or lack of concern. It indicates a nonverbal expression of not knowing or not caring about something

How to use "shrugged his shoulders" in a sentence

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shrugged his shoulders
Mercer shrugged his shoulders after that.
He acted all innocent and shrugged his shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders without missing a beat.
Vronsky slightly shrugged his shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders and grabbed a cart.
And all he did is shrugged his shoulders.
Tom shrugged his shoulders before answering.
The philosopher shrugged his shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders and responded in the negative.
The attorney shrugged his shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders and he continued.
In turn the sergeant shrugged his shoulders expressively.
Shrugged his shoulders and gave the order to shoot.
Death has shrugged his shoulders.
I mentioned this to my husband who kind of shrugged his shoulders.

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Then he shrugged his shoulders with a smile.
He observed this change and shrugged his shoulders.
Keitel shrugged his shoulders and said nothing.
Sulphart the sympathetic only shrugged his shoulders.
The sergeant shrugged his shoulders most expressively.
The man declared as such and shrugged his shoulders.
Lecoq shrugged his shoulders impatiently.
The drinker looked at him and shrugged his shoulders.
Morgan shrugged his shoulders slightly.
The boy said nothing and shrugged his shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders and added.
The fisherman shrugged his shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders at the name.
I tracked down the manager and he shrugged his shoulders.
Tom just shrugged his shoulders.
We asked him what my name was and he just shrugged his shoulders.
And he just shrugged his shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders with a bewildered and despairing look.
Pierre just shrugged his shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders at the remarks made by the others.
Will merely shrugged his shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders before he turned around and left.
He threw his hands in the air and shrugged his shoulders.
Hove shrugged his shoulders and rolled a cigarette.
Before the great mystery he simply shrugged his shoulders and went on.
Duncan shrugged his shoulders and remained silent.
I asked him how he knew this and he just shrugged his shoulders.
The marine shrugged his shoulders.
When I asked him if he knew where she was he just shrugged his shoulders.
He shrugged his shoulders and obeyed.
After i asked him why he did it he just shrugged his shoulders and laughed.
Harness shrugged his shoulders irritably.
He looked at Ron and he just shrugged his shoulders.
Zach shrugged his shoulders as he finished.
To those who complained about this Lenin merely shrugged his shoulders.

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