Shrug in example sentence

The hero, John Galt, calls for them all to shrug, to “stop the motor of the world” by withdrawing from their productive pursuits, rather than promoting a world in which, under the guise of egalitarianism, incentives have been usurped in order to protect the politically connected from economic failure.

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We tell very convincing stories, we slightly shrug our shoulders.

But she would often just shrug it off, tell me to eat more meatballs, more pasta, and so I very rarely got any of the history that I wanted to hear about.

And with a shrug of her shoulders she said, "It's gonna grow back."

And then everybody would shrug and go off and have a drink.

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