Example Sentences

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She has to stretch each of her dollars to make ends meet; soon she’ll be shelling out $30,000 a year for her daughter to go to college.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Dressed in a grey suit and shades, Benny, 30, decided to pay rather than wait, shelling out $2,400 for one of the watches.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

It achieved this all not by shelling out on advertising, but instead by waging a series of loud, sometimes litigious campaigns for social, corporate and environmental causes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The 39-day tournament will require a two-month subscription, but a total of $40 to watch every match is a steal compared with shelling out over a grand for just one.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Admiral Conolly had learned from the mistakes at Bougainville and Tarawa where the naval shelling had been too brief or too inaccurate to break down Japanese defenses.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac