had shelled
- past perfect of shell.
Example Sentences
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Men at the top had shelled out exorbitant salaries to big names, execs, and newsroom leaders.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2024
A sellout crowd of 47,159 who had shelled out exorbitant dollars for a nine-inning game didn’t want baseball’s best players off the field and headed home in 2 hours and 30 minutes.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said allegations that it had shelled civilian areas were “misinformation”.
From Reuters ● Nov. 6, 2020
As of Tuesday, such committees had shelled out more than $1 million in Los Angeles City Council races.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2020
In response the excited citizenry had shelled out precious nickels and quarters and dollars, raising an astonishing twelve thousand dollars to send the crews east.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
