Example Sentences

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Henry Shillings, a longtime resident who has paid attention to the water discussions in the region, saw Emilee walking in and out of her home.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2021

SUN Four Shillings Short concert for all ages, poetry, songs, stories and folklore in celebration of the ancient Celtic new year known as Samhain, 2-4 p.m.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2018

Built in 1882, the waterfront estate in leafy Point Piper stretches from New South Head Road to Seven Shillings Beach.

From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 2018

Somalian refugees attempt to enter Yemen by crossing the Gulf of Aden in this shot from Alix Fazzina's A Million Shillings.

From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2010

Some Years ago, it is true, a Man might, for half a Piece, have fetch'd back a Snuff-Box that weigh'd twenty or thirty Shillings: But this was in the Infancy of the Establishment.

From An Enquiry into the Causes of the Frequent Executions at Tyburn (1725) by Mandeville, Bernard