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Then she remembered Del sleepwalked with alarming regularity and shrugged it off.
Taylor shrugged and smiled, then frowned slightly as she thought about that.
Tory shrugged into the soft green tank top and slipped quickly into her pajamas pants.
I glanced down uninterestedly at the small smear of blood on my left foot and shrugged before replying.
Dante looked at the man questioningly, but just shrugged and unlashed the sheath from his belt.
For Camus, the recognition of absurdity cannot be shrugged off with an ironic smile.
He shrugged unresponsively, which I knew was his way of meaning yes without saying so.
I shrugged and then dashed the last length, my cheeks flushed in a rosy pink.
I shrugged my shoulders as unsuspiciously as I could, but waited until he stopped looking at me to go back to my thoughts.
She shrugged it off and told herself it would take some time to break her old habits.
When local residents expressed concern after the prison break, the company simply shrugged it off.
At last he shrugged, and turned back to his game of solitaire on the computer.
He shrugged his shoulders, trying to get comfortable in his suit of chainmail, but his vambraces were making his forearm feel heavy.
She shrugged off her wet robe and pulled on a new one that seemed to accent her dark features even more.
I shrugged a little before reaching up, rubbing my hand against the back of my neck.
Kari shrugged then looped her arm through his, leaning her head on his shoulder.
He shrugged, and though he tried to appear nonchalant she could tell he was pleased by her approval, which made her smile even more.
I shrugged in the most nonchalant way possible and crawled up onto my knees so I could fall back to sit against the wall comfortably.
He shrugged, utterly nonchalant, and it was then she realised he hadn't touched a drop of rum all evening.
As she lined up the ruler on the map, he looked over her shoulder and shrugged.
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Examples from Classical Literature
She shrugged her shoulders with a petulant pessimism her youth made amusing.
Hubertine shrugged her shoulders, and concluded the best thing for her to do was to tease her.
Lauriston snapped his fingers and shrugged his shoulders in contempt of duty.
Clotilde shrugged her shoulders, without lifting her eyes from her embroidery.
Van Bibber smiled and shrugged his shoulders in some embarrassment at this peremptory challenge.
Dasinger shrugged resignedly, recapped the tube, and dropped it in his pocket.
He shrugged and produced his snuff-box with an offensive simulation of nonchalance.
But Joe Pete merely shrugged, and started the dogs, whereupon Brent faced about and started over the back-trail.
Mr. Fortescue, a tall, powerfully-built specimen of English squiredom, shrugged his shoulders unseen by his wife.
The porter Yermolay passed him with his balalaika, glanced at him and shrugged his shoulders.
It was evident from the way he shrugged his shoulders that the blows of the fishing pole had left a good deal of a sting.
Phil shrugged, turned towards the cliff edge, drew his arm back and hurled the geest gun far up and out above the sea.
And she shrugged her shoulders to indicate the futility of young John's pugilism.
Wilding looked at Trenchard, who shrugged his shoulders and made a wry face.
Being questioned by the procurator fiscal, he shrugged his shoulders, regretting that other affairs demanded his attention.
Ali shrugged his shoulders and took his chibouk from the hands of the page who carried it.
Letha shrugged and leaned back against the tree trunk again, sitting spraddle-legged this time in the hope of catching Evon's eye.
Ellen shrugged her handsome shoulders and, tilting a scornful nose, returned to her pothooks.
Presently he shrugged his shoulders and went off to a picture palace by himself and thought wistfully of Jeanne.
However, Lisa only shrugged her shoulders and smiled at finding him so timorous.
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