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 had been shelling the ship even while we were running up, and as our first shot boomed out she let go another shell.

From The U-boat hunters by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)