How to Use shrug off in a Sentence

shrug off

verb
  • Don’t shrug off that sneeze or scratch at the back of your throat.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The Kremlin, in turn, has thus far been able to shrug off Ukraine’s strikes.
    — Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Still, some on Yelp shrugged off the Trump campaign event.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Burks has the ability to make the catch and shrug off the tackler with ease.
    — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Still, investors seemed to shrug off the air of pessimism.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
  • For all intents and purpose, the planet shrugged off the blasts.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Investors seem to be shrugging off the news, at least so far.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Zahr shrugged off the presence of the right-wing journalists.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The White House for its part, is shrugging off Musk’s comments.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The family was told that Jesse had shrugged off his backpack and went over the rail.
    — John Branch Jim Wilson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Yet as for the rise in culinary TV, Moss-Bacharach shrugged off the series’ impact.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Of the three players the 2022 recruiting class has lost, this may be the first one the Buckeyes can’t just shrug off.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The Prince and Princess of Wales, both 41, have been known to shrug off any breaks in royal protocol.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • That said, not all managers are able to shrug off his comments.
    — Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • But the actor is quick to shrug off any black-and-white labels of good versus evil.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024
  • And forward Michael Porter Jr. shrugged off a brutal shooting slump to go 6 of 8 from deep against the Bucks.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2025
  • In Spain, though, the Dutch are getting a rival that shrugged off its no-show against Japan and riddled the Swiss.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • That’s why grown men, battered and weary, hurl themselves in front of speeding pucks and shrug off sticks to the face.
    — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2022
  • But there was little for Moroney to shrug off at the Moody Theater.
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The singer shrugged off a missed note and had to restart after she got tangled in the lyrics, but neither Smith nor the full house seemed to mind.
    — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
  • But Cook and Zuckerberg are shrugging off the failures.
    — Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 May 2024
  • Lynn shrugged off the change, pointing to the fact plenty of NFL teams use free safeties to relay signals.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Trying to have a good time, Sean and Hannah shrug off the comment, and avoid eye contact.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The oil markets have largely shrugged off the drone and missile attacks so far.
    — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • What’s strange is that the market appears to have shrugged off heavy loads that have been weighing it down since March.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 26 June 2025
  • Both planes were able to shrug off the strike and safely land in an undisclosed location.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2021
  • According to a report, McLaren’s shrugged off Horner’s grousing and placed tape over the holes.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 19 July 2024
  • In the corner, Lucia turned away and started shrugging off her jeans and putting bed shorts on, and then the same with her T-shirt.
    — Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
  • That same year, Rodrigo shrugged off rumors of a feud between the two.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 June 2025
  • Discussing the challenges of her one-woman show — including 75 pages of source material — Smart shrugged off any notion of fear.
    — Aliza Sessler, People.com, 13 June 2025

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