shelling

Example Sentences

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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

The bottom line is that companies want to know if shelling out big bucks today for AI tools, from Microsoft or its competitors, is truly worth it.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Drivers from Las Vegas to Seattle are now commonly shelling out $5 a gallon for gas, according to AAA, while prices in San Francisco and Los Angeles frequently top $6.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

He added: "The tanker Grinch will leave French waters after shelling out several million euros and three weeks of costly immobilisation at Fos-sur-Mer. Let's keep it up."

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

She’d been shelling butter beans on the porch, and sweat glistened on the pearls of hair around her forehead.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd