shell back
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Hoping to bring the shell back to the US, the family packed it in their return luggage.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2022
It has a scorpion tail, a turtle shell back, six bear legs, and a human-lion head.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2021
You take that shell back home with you and it serves as this talisman, this object of beauty.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2021
He had popped open an English walnut, sticking it in there, gluing the shell back together and mixing it in with a bag of other walnuts.
From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2014
I walked through the darkened shell, back to the library with its smashed glass doors.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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