had been shelling
- past perfect progressive of shell.
Example Sentences
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The Russians, who for a month had been shelling key energy lines feeding the plant, were shelling again, he was told.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
Her longtime housekeeper, a Central American immigrant and mom of four, had been shelling out $2,300 a month for an apartment on Georgia Avenue NW.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2022
At the conclusion of a 1968 tour of biblical sites in Israel, we learned that there had been shelling again on the Golan Heights.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2021
For ten years, Publisher George C. Kirstein had been shelling out his own money to keep the liberal weekly Nation alive.
From Time Magazine Archive
She wore a large, blue-print apron, for she had been shelling shrimps when she was called, and though she stayed to wash her hands, she did not think it necessary to remove her apron.
From The Good Comrade by Betts, Anna Whelan
