shelling

Example Sentences

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Even if a new grad is paying rent to their parents, it will likely be less than they’d be shelling out if they were living on their own.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

She has to stretch each of her dollars to make ends meet; soon she’ll be shelling out $30,000 a year for her daughter to go to college.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Dressed in a grey suit and shades, Benny, 30, decided to pay rather than wait, shelling out $2,400 for one of the watches.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Families are now shelling out more than $40 billion every year on children’s sports activities, according to Aspen Institute research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Despite the sound and fury of our shelling and our air attack, the Japanese pillboxes had been untouched.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac