were shelling
- past progressive of shell.
Example Sentences
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Car dealers noted that fewer people were shelling out for electric vehicles after federal tax subsidies expired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
In California, the priciest market, shoppers were shelling out an average of $7.37 for a dozen Grade A large eggs, roughly three times the cost from a year earlier.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2023
Those 4000-plus buyers thought they were shelling out for a squeaky-clean sedan, not a nitrogen-oxide spewing machine.
From Time ● Sep. 22, 2015
County drivers on average were shelling out $4.016 a gallon Friday, 18 cents higher than a week earlier, according to GasBuddy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2015
They were shelling peas; even through the almost-closed door 1 could hear the light clink of the hard peas falling into the metal bowl.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
