verb
- present participle of shrug; raising one’s shoulders to express doubt, indifference, or ignorance
noun
- the action of raising one’s shoulders as a gesture
Examples
- She kept shrugging whenever I asked her opinion.
- He responded to the question by shrugging his shoulders.
- The constant shrugging made it clear she didn’t care.
- After shrugging off the criticism, he continued working.
- Her shrugging indicated she had no idea what happened.
- The teacher noticed the student shrugging during the lesson.
- His casual shrugging annoyed everyone in the meeting.