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

The 39-day tournament will require a two-month subscription, but a total of $40 to watch every match is a steal compared with shelling out over a grand for just one.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

It’s no wonder that some of the savviest teams in the league understood it was worth shelling out for a good one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Some would sleep while the shelling, futile, echoed along the summer roads; some would wind stalks of grass around their fingers; some would mutter to friends.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson