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Shrugs meaning
plural of shrug
Using Shrugs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of shrug
- In the example corpus, shrugs often appears in combinations such as: shrugs off, shrugs and, she shrugs.
Context around Shrugs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shrugs
- In this selection, "shrugs" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, strike, largely, dismissive, off and mournful stand out and add context to how "shrugs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an engineer shrugs off the and arrogance that shrugs at a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shrugs" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shrugs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When Rishi Sunak speaks, the nation shrugs. (7 words)
Inquiries were met with smiles, shrugs, mournful apologies. (8 words)
Villanelle shrugs it off, saying, “It was just one floor. (10 words)
The name means she’s a bastard (“Once you get to know me you’ll find I’m not so bad,” she shrugs), and she’s something of a healer, mixing up potions with an easygoing manner as she launches into a lesson about Harrenhal’s dark history. (48 words)
The clip also includes a cartoon of “fresh veggies” being carted into one side of the Implausible Burger’s “blind processing plant” as cows enter the other side of the building and a factory worker shrugs. (36 words)
How about clean, safe sidewalks our children can play on, maybe ride a scooter down without fear of needles, human feces or some deranged lunatic yelling obscenities while everyone shuffles by and shrugs? (33 words)
How about clean, safe sidewalks our children can play on, maybe ride a scooter down without fear of needles, human feces or some deranged lunatic yelling obscenities while everyone shuffles by and shrugs? (33 words)
What about if you defraud the UK for vast amounts of £££… but the Chancellor of the day shrugs it off? (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
After the session, “The Mandalorian” star Katee Sackhoff said excitedly in an interview that she “shrugs” over Filoni’s directing of the “Star Wars” films.
Alisson denies Jackson at his near post after the strike shrugs off Konate.
How about clean, safe sidewalks our children can play on, maybe ride a scooter down without fear of needles, human feces or some deranged lunatic yelling obscenities while everyone shuffles by and shrugs?
It’s an unusual position, but one Beaver coach Cort Rowse largely shrugs off.
Outside Villajoyosa, the news of Kuzminov’s death has been met with reactions ranging from gleeful celebrations to dismissive shrugs.
She shrugs: “I like interesting cases – cases that matter… I get bored easily”.
The name means she’s a bastard (“Once you get to know me you’ll find I’m not so bad,” she shrugs), and she’s something of a healer, mixing up potions with an easygoing manner as she launches into a lesson about Harrenhal’s dark history.
This is played sort of OK by the Saints who bring a safety down but Goedert just shrugs him and charges down the… pic.
What about if you defraud the UK for vast amounts of £££… but the Chancellor of the day shrugs it off?
When Rishi Sunak speaks, the nation shrugs.
Across time and space, on my computer screen, Chatterjee shrugs a bit.
An engineer shrugs off the code requirements at their own peril, as well as the client’s, because most code requirements come from lessons learned the hard way.
Inquiries were met with smiles, shrugs, mournful apologies.
Villanelle shrugs it off, saying, “It was just one floor.
Asked about the Net-azon streampocalypse underway in Hollywood, where many people were privately breathing a sigh of relief that Netflix’s Roma did not win the Oscar for best movie, DeVito shrugs.
The clip also includes a cartoon of “fresh veggies” being carted into one side of the Implausible Burger’s “blind processing plant” as cows enter the other side of the building and a factory worker shrugs.
This week, however, Mahomes returned and so did the swagger, the arrogance that shrugs at a mistake or five and still wants to discussion the domination.
Asked about what other organizations and boards he volunteers on, Guster shrugs and says none.
Ask people in the city whether they have ever used the app and you still get mostly shrugs.
Belichick always shrugs off the notion that a player taking on his former team can spill secrets.
Common combinations with shrugs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shrugs off 7×
- shrugs and 4×
- she shrugs 3×
- shrugs it 3×
- he shrugs 3×