How to Use shrug off in a Sentence

shrug off

verb
  • It could have been shrugged off.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t shrug off that sneeze or scratch at the back of your throat.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Close put her hands up and shrugged off the moment.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Putin has long tried to shrug off the effect of sanctions.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Investors seem to be shrugging off the news, at least so far.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2024
  • That said, not all managers are able to shrug off his comments.
    — Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The blisters, on the other hand, aren’t so easy to shrug off.
    — Teaghan Skulszki, Outside Online, 24 June 2025
  • Franklin shrugged off a slump and is back to getting stuff done, indeed.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In both instances, stocks shrugged off any worries and marched to all-time highs.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Jin shrugs off these criticisms.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The is not a guy who shrugs off the unacceptable.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Burks has the ability to make the catch and shrug off the tackler with ease.
    — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • After the game, Merrill shrugged off the gaffe as a one-off.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • For all intents and purpose, the planet shrugged off the blasts.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Baer shrugged off that description.
    — Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Hopkins shrugged off those findings.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 3 June 2026
  • Zahr shrugged off the presence of the right-wing journalists.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Now, the Hornets can better shrug off the last one, that crushed them.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But the actor is quick to shrug off any black-and-white labels of good versus evil.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The Kremlin, in turn, has thus far been able to shrug off Ukraine’s strikes.
    — Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2025
  • But don’t shrug off this gutsy film — one of the best movies of 2025.
    — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Large, dark green palmlike leaves have a leathery texture that shrugs off snow and ice with ease.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Investors on Monday were also able to shrug off a jump in oil prices.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The oil markets have largely shrugged off the drone and missile attacks so far.
    — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Oleander is very heat and drought tolerant and shrugs off poor soil.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Both planes were able to shrug off the strike and safely land in an undisclosed location.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 29 July 2021
  • So far, the markets have largely shrugged off threats to use military force.
    — Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • For Towns, these early-season losses weren’t easy to shrug off.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The belief that those with good habits can shrug off disease runs through the history of medicine.
    — Tom Levenson, Time, 20 May 2026

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