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Definition of the day : « shrug »
- As in gesticulation : noun gesture
- As in gesture : noun motion as communication
- As in jerk : verb move with lurch
- He returned with a shrug of the shoulders to his table in the morning-room.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- The shoulders of Mr Verloc, without actually moving, suggested a shrug.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- "They are paying themselves for the mules and horses," said Fray Henriques with a shrug.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- "That you will find out," she said, with a shrug of her shoulders.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- A machine which makes a Frenchman shrug his shoulders with good reason.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- The Father of the Marshalsea said, with a shrug of modest self-depreciation, 'Oh!
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- With a little laugh and a shrug of her shoulders she proceeded to open the envelope.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- "I'm not that eager to go," observed the Englishman with a shrug.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- The simplest way of relief is to shrug one's shoulders and let the weight go.
- Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
- And the shrug of his shoulders was an almost audible "What can I know of that?"
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens