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
• Burks has the ability to make the catch and shrug off the tackler with ease.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
• 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 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
• But the actor is quick to shrug off any black-and-white labels of good versus evil.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Still, conservative judges and lawyers should not shrug off the criticism at the heart of this book.
  — Adam J. White, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
• Its frontal armor can easily shrug off a hit from the type of RPG warhead carried by a Ghoul.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Even when told the history of the slogan, Mr. Trump shrugged off the taint and embraced it as a pithy expression of his worldview.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• For brands that want people to trust them, shrugging off those social changes is foolhardy.
  — Bynick Rockel, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
• But not all children shrug off Covid so easily, Eils said.
  — Liz Szabo, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021
• Some consumers might continue to shrug off the tip requests regardless of the amount.
  — Haleluya Hadero, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2023
• Beyond deaths, the current level of illness is nothing to shrug off.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 7 Aug. 2022
• For the most part, the tenacious hairdresser shrugs off AA and settles on leading an aimless life.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
• Don’t forget Bath, which is shrugging off its twee image.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Jan. 2024
• Financial markets appeared to shrug off news of the new rule Tuesday.
  — David Hamilton, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024