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
  • Though the election is more than a year away, donors are already shelling out.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
  • 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
  • And buyers will have to shell out more cash than last year for a brand new Pixel 6.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • That means higher prices down the line for consumers, who will shell out more to fill up on their chocolate treats.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The charge creates pressure behind the shell, which then pushes the shell out of the barrel and downrange to the target.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Businesses say that’s forced them to shell out even when the charges are disputed.
    John Francis Peters, ProPublica, 16 June 2022
  • It’s bad business to shell out more money than what’s coming in.
    Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2022
  • What's more, younger guests, the cohort least able to pay, are the most likely to shell out for their friends' nuptials, according to the same study.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Those who shell out that kind of cash for the Nevera will be limited to 219mph on their own, mostly to make sure the tires hold up.
    Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Apple faces immense pressure ahead of the event to prove the new AI features and other iPhone 16 updates are worth shelling out for an upgrade.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
  • If your phone is starting to have trouble getting through a whole day without a top-up, but is otherwise working fine, swapping in a new battery is cheaper than shelling out for a new phone.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024

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