Examples of shell out in a Sentence
we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Including the cost of a ticket to a match, along with flights, hotels and other expenses, fans on average will shell out more than $2,100 to attend the World Cup, LendingTree estimates.
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Inside Madison Square Garden, where fans have shelled out minimum $10,000 to be in the building, only one brand is advertising directly to women.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 10 June 2026
Youth soccer is a $5 billion industry, with many families shelling out $15,000 (or more) per year for club dues, tournament fees, private lessons, gas, food, hotels and $315 Nike Zoom Mercurial Superfly 11s.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
By shelling out dollars to upgrade their rosters.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 5 June 2026
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Inside Madison Square Garden, where fans have shelled out minimum $10,000 to be in the building, only one brand is advertising directly to women.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 10 June 2026
Youth soccer is a $5 billion industry, with many families shelling out $15,000 (or more) per year for club dues, tournament fees, private lessons, gas, food, hotels and $315 Nike Zoom Mercurial Superfly 11s.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
By shelling out dollars to upgrade their rosters.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 5 June 2026
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shell%20out. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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