shell
noun
a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
was shelling
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past progressiveof shell.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In the northeastern city of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-most populous, regional Gov. Oleh Sinegubov said there was shelling overnight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
“I’m extremely pained when I see what they are living through and that it’s the same enemy that was shelling me and my family,” Mr. Aziz said of the Ukrainians under Russian assault.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
“I’m extremely pained when I see what they are living through and that it’s the same enemy that was shelling me and my family,” Aziz said of the Ukrainians under Russian assault.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
Edan Alva, a former Lyft driver, stopped driving during the pandemic because he was shelling out for disinfectant, risking his health and barely making money.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2020
I pledged allegiance to the chickens and then I sat down on the back steps next to my grandmother who was shelling peas.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
