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

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

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

On the table, there were mounds and mounds of walnuts, and the squirrels were all working away like mad, shelling the walnuts at a tremendous speed.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl