hard-shelled
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, authorities were seen carrying out suitcases, bins and hard-shelled storage cases as they rummaged through a storage unit behind an apartment building in the 4200 block of Marquesas Way in Marina del Rey.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
The study used data from a decades-long database of video footage depicting wild chimpanzees in the Bossou forest, Guinea, where chimps were recorded cracking hard-shelled nuts using a hammer and anvil stones.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
Even though otters have powerful chompers, regularly crunching on hard-shelled meals—including clams and mussels—can cause lasting damage.
From Science Magazine • May 15, 2024
The shells of the large, hard-shelled clam were used by the indigenous Narragansett people as wampum.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023
All day Alyce shook the young trees, climbed into the old ones, and gathered the hard-shelled bounty that fell.
From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman
