Examples of shell out in a Sentence
we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Paramount shelled out $7 billion for an exclusive seven-year deal for the rights to UFC.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
On the other end of the spectrum, the platform just acquired distribution rights for a raft of Ringer podcasts, increasing the chances sports fans throw on Netflix rather than YouTube when looking for sports chatter without having to shell out for more exclusive game rights.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Game Pass allows subscribers to pay $30 a month for access to a catalog of hundreds of games without having to shell out roughly $70 for each new title.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Upwards of 7m Americans are climbers, with many shelling out more than $1k per year for climbing gym memberships.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
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Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
On the other end of the spectrum, the platform just acquired distribution rights for a raft of Ringer podcasts, increasing the chances sports fans throw on Netflix rather than YouTube when looking for sports chatter without having to shell out for more exclusive game rights.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Game Pass allows subscribers to pay $30 a month for access to a catalog of hundreds of games without having to shell out roughly $70 for each new title.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Upwards of 7m Americans are climbers, with many shelling out more than $1k per year for climbing gym memberships.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shell out
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shell%20out. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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