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.
• Place the shells on top of the sauce.
  — Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
• When the clams are cooked, their shells will open.
  — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
• Peel off a section of the shell.
  — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
• The feel of crushed shells under my feet.
  — Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
• Two shell casings were found on the scene.
  — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 4 June 2026
• Break clean shells into small pieces.
  — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 1 Feb. 2026
• Why not pair a string of shells with a tailored coat?
  — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2025
• Eggs can be frozen safely — just not in their shells.
  — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
• Of course, the shell shops in the area are also a must.
  — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
• How her mind moved from two swans to a snail shell is beauty.
  — Victoria Chang, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
• Some shells are soft, and others are hard with spikes or mounds.
  — Kate Siber, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
• 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
• Choose small shells with smooth edges that will fit inside your ice mold.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2026
• Wood chips, nut (pecan) shells, and pine straw are good mulch choices.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
• These can be dark stains, shells, eggs, and of course, the bugs themselves.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2025
• Even in rough terrain, the shell and tongue didn’t beat my shins to a pulp.
  — Jenny Wiegand, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
• Her diary is her shell; her archive is her body.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
• Scale insects appear as tiny brown shells on plants.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 7 Jan. 2026
• From the outside, her shell seems to fade into the stone.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
• Their shells may then have been processed into tools.
  — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
• Dentists place thin shells on the front surface of healthy teeth.
  — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
• Walker said more taco shells will be available soon.
  — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
• The three shell eggs with broken shells in the reach-in cooler?
  — David J. Neal may 8, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
• Both sides fired tens of millions of shells nonstop over ten months.
  — Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
• On the bottom of the shells, they're dated.
  — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
• Use your fingers to peel off the shell starting at the large end.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2026
• The policeman asked where the shell was.
  — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

shell

2 of 2 verb

• The town was shelled during the battle.
• They shelled the enemy troops.
• Many lost their parents to shelling.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
• After all, the beans have to be shelled not once, but twice.
  — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
• The Sixers are shelling it out for theirs.
  — Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
• 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
• During the drive, a tank shells the car, killing most of the occupants.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
• The shelled and cleaned nuts were then put into a metate and pounded with an oblong rock.
  — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 26 July 2025
• The lobster is cut into bite-sized pieces, shell on, and quickly fried in a wok.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2022
• The weather and the moon also affect shelling.
  — Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
• 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
• Peas Fresh peas, whether snow, snap, or shelled, hit the market around mid-April.
  — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 27 Apr. 2026
• In 2018, he was shelled in his two starts against Boston.
  — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
• Remove and discard intestines from lobster shell and place shell back in pot.
  — Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
• Once the shrimp are cool, shell the shrimp and refrigerate to further cool them.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022
• The fiber increases when eating the seeds after they are shelled.
  — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 24 Nov. 2025
• The six miles of beach are perfect for surfing, but also shelling and just plain sitting.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
• Help husk, shell and grind corn while younger visitors make handmade corn husk dolls and paint pumpkins.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
• Their diet likely included large fish, shelled cephalopods and clams.
  — Ryan Brennan april 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
• But Russia did for weeks shell civilian areas from the air in those regions.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2022
• Ballistic forensics later linked it to shell casings found at the crime scene.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022
• Ukrainian forces shelled Russian towns on the other side of the border.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 30 May 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
• 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 have continued to shell Kharkiv and its suburbs.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 4 Aug. 2022
• The lullaby your grandmother hummed while shelling white beans into her apron, her voice low enough not to wake the war.
  — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
• 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
• In addition to shell eggs, the company sells egg products in frozen and liquid form.
  — Kristin Broughton, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Beyond shelling, outdoor life defines the island.
  — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026