How to Use shell in a Sentence

shell

1 of 2 noun

• We collected shells at the beach.
• We're going to have stuffed shells for dinner.
• Or use kitchen shears to cut through the shell to access the crab meat.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023
• Ahmed was struck by a tank shell and bled to death, Qaoud said.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• Its sleek durable shell is just a bonus, which is sure to last for years to come.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• Coconut oil is the trick to getting a hard, shiny shell.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
• And that means doing away with the silly custom of leaving the shell on the shrimp.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
• Since the rolls are filled, wrapped, then fried, both the filling and the shell get an extra shot of richness.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2024
• Stubborn shells often take the egg white off with them.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 5 Feb. 2024
• Her crown was free of them, but it was surrounded by a ring of shells.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 23 Oct. 2023
• Toss shells, stones, or small toys into the circles to rack up points.
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Nov. 2023
• Three shell casings were found in the building, along with a rifle.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2023
• Suleiman pointed to the cracks in the chapel’s ceiling that opened when shells struck the church’s roof during the last major war in 2006.
  — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• There were shells dangling around her neck and ferns wrapped into a wreath on top of her head.
  — Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
• This camel shell is the perfect statement piece to take you into fall.
  — Sarah Ball, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
• Piles of empty bullet shells and the remnants of at least one mortar lie on the ground.
  — Zeena Saifi, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
• Opening shell doors in the gym allow for workouts by the water’s edge.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 9 June 2023
• Check it out: But what happens when shells are in short supply?
  — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 28 Feb. 2024
• Already, one small pink chick had broken out of its shell.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2023
• At least one shell casing was found on the ground, the station reported.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
• Then her Serbian husband, Uroš Simić, shows me the best way to puff up roti shells.
  — Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
• Their own body parts also act as tools — for drilling and chipping shells and pulling prey apart.
  — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2023
• Here and there, a leftover bracket or a metal ring protrudes from the shell.
  — Curbed, 27 Sep. 2023
• On many days, Ukraine is firing one-quarter of the artillery shells that Russia is.
  — CBS News, 11 Feb. 2024
• In the new paper, the team looked at their beaks and stylets–internal shells located near their gills.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Apr. 2024
• More than a week later, the Times has reported, the shells of cars and pieces of tents remain on the festival grounds.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2023
• The soldiers later returned to their units across the front with the drones, which carry 20-kilogram shells that can be aimed at tanks.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• The air coming into those porous shells can cause the egg whites to change appearance.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2023
• Place the tip of an oyster knife into the hinge joint at the pointed end, keeping blade flat and parallel to shell.
  — Odette Williams, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023
• Amazon’s Alexa is about to come out of its shell, and what emerges could be very interesting.
  — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023

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shell

2 of 2 verb

• The town was shelled during the battle.
• They shelled the enemy troops.
• These are easy to shell too—the string on the pod acts like a zipper, hence the name.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023
• Make the meringue shells up to a day before guests arrive.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
• But for Dad’s grill, the best bet is the 4–5-ounce Maine lobster tails, sold in two packs, shell on and ready to go!
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 19 May 2022
• Make it: Drizzle 1/2 cup shelled edamame with a teaspoon of olive oil and a pinch of sea salt.
  — Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
• The Israeli army shelled the area in southern Lebanon where the attack was launched.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2023
• The lobster is cut into bite-sized pieces, shell on, and quickly fried in a wok.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2022
• Ukrainian forces shelled Russian towns on the other side of the border.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 30 May 2023
• Their real home — on the fourth floor of a building damaged by shelling — is a short walk away.
  — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
• When the president refused to resign, the military shelled the palace from the air and the ground.
  — Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
• At the house, the deputy found what looked like bullet holes in a window above the front door, bullet strikes in the door and shell casings in the street.
  — oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2022
• Once the shrimp are cool, shell the shrimp and refrigerate to further cool them.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022
• But Russia did for weeks shell civilian areas from the air in those regions.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2022
• Siobhán is on her way to Colm’s house with the bloody finger in a shoebox when she is stopped in her tracks by the sound of shelling far away in the mainland.
  — Hazlitt, 17 May 2023
• Snack on foods that take more effort to eat (like shelled nuts, edamame, or fruit with a peel) to keep your mind off of eating unhealthy foods.
  — Kristine Thomason, Health, 2 Nov. 2023
• To blanch fresh peas (either shelled or whole edible-pod types), bring water to a boil in a large pan, then add peas.
  — Sunset Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023
• Russian troops shelled the town of Nikopol on November 28,.
  — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• The Army encircled rebellious neighborhoods near Homs and shelled them to the ground.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
• Each side flies surveillance drones to spy on the other and to identify targets to shell.
  — Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
• Gladkov said the sanatorium in the village of Lavy, about 25 miles from the border, was shelled, killing two refugees and a staff member.
  — Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
• Gladkov said the sanatorium in the village of Lavy, about 40km (25 miles) from the border, was shelled, killing two refugees and a staff member.
  — Susie Blann, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
• In addition to shell eggs, the company sells egg products in frozen and liquid form.
  — Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2022
• Place the lobster on the cooking grate, shell side down, cover the grill and cook until the shells turn bright red and are just beginning to char, about 4 minutes.
  — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• Ballistic forensics later linked it to shell casings found at the crime scene.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022
• Russian troops have continued to shell Kharkiv and its suburbs.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 4 Aug. 2022
• These battles have seesawed back and forth for weeks: Russian forces shell and advance.
  — Natalia Yermak Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• Help husk, shell and grind corn while younger visitors make handmade corn husk dolls and paint pumpkins.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
• The regime shelled the city, reducing neighborhoods to rubble.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Despite reassurances from Israeli forces that staff and patients could stay at the facility, the statement said that the hospital had been shelled in the early hours of the morning.
  — NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024