How to Use shell out in a Sentence

shell out

verb

• Who wants to have to shell out more cash just to go to work?
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 20 Apr. 2022
• Don’t want to shell out for the haute phalangeal footwear?
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2021
• Strain the shells out of the water, then water the garden.
  — Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
• But expect to shell out a $100 or more for an MLB game.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
• The public office shelled out $9,200 a month in rent for that site.
  — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2023
• That can certainly take some of the sting from shelling out for a $80 PPV.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
• On the one hand, no business wants to shell out $5,000 per customer just for the heck of it.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 June 2021
• Though the election is more than a year away, donors are already shelling out.
  — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
• Or lose a bet to one of his players and shell out $650 for an Iberian ham.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2020
• Others will shell out for the chance to ski on untouched snow, or to take lessons with Olympians.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
• Most patients opt for a two- or three-night stay, though some shell out for a month or more.
  — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 19 Apr. 2022
• And the buyer who shelled out $52 million for Penthouse A?
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 23 Aug. 2023
• Would the Bulls even want to shell out a lot of money for a backup center?
  — Jason Patt, Forbes, 13 June 2022
• Those customers will have to shell out for it, though, given the CR-V Hybrid sits at the top of the range.
  — Beth Nichols, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2022
• Here are the taco deals metro Detroit spots are shelling out on Tuesday.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2024
• And buyers will have to shell out more cash than last year for a brand new Pixel 6.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Aug. 2021
• Graf said the district had to shell out $900 a piece for new converters.
  — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2021
• Will one of you pay for flights while the other shells out the money for lodging?
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
• That means her children have to cut back their work hours or shell out for a sitter.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2022
• Of course, not everyone wants to shell out big bucks for the new MacBook Pro.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 25 Nov. 2021
• How much each age group shells out over the holidays remains to be seen.
  — Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
• Mere mortals will have to wait and get their hands on one in the secondary and expect to shell out a rather hefty sum.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2021
• Those customers will have to shell out for it, however, since the CR-V hybrid sits at the top of the range.
  — Beth Nichols, Car and Driver, 26 Feb. 2021
• So why would anyone shell out $2,550 for a Fendi puffer?
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2021
• Walmart is shelling out $2.3 billion to buy Vizio, the TV maker.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
• The even better news is fans won’t need to shell out subscription fees.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024
• There are a handful of actors who would do it, and older gay men would shell out.
  — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2023
• Wait until after, and expect to shell out a lot more points.
  — Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2021
• And compared to last year, those travelers are shelling out more for their getaways.
  — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
• Twenty years later, her services are in such high demand that some people fly her out of the state, even out of the country, and shell out $7,000 for a day-long shoot.
  — Erin Sagen, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025