shell
Example Sentences
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Its security force is now a shell of its former self.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
He also enjoyed a successful amateur boxing career as a lightweight at the Penarth club that his brother Bert established to help World War One veterans overcome Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - then called shell shock.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
To be fair, the company appears to have successfully developed a membrane that can provide oxygen to the growing embryos better than existing technologies that have allowed chicks to grow outside the shell.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
"I don't feel obliged to tell the world, and actually I just couldn't at the time because I was just a shell of a person," said Minogue.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
He used his thumb to loosen the shell, then removed it in one piece.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Vocabulary lists containing shell
Structural Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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