Example sentences for: shell

How can you use “shell” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Manzanillo is a dichotomous place — it is both Mexico’s busiest commercial seaport and a tranquil, traditional town of simple seafood restaurants, shell shops, and a few salsa clubs.

  • Subsidized condoms could be just the ticket for luring Martin out of his shell without stirring Maxwell to a new frenzy of activity.

  • Kina (Papua New Guinea) originated from shell money used for centuries by people along their coast; the cedi of Ghana means `small shell' after the former use of the cowrie shell for money.

  • Turning to the CIA, Clarke warned that its bureaucracy, which was "masterful at passive aggressive behavior," would resist funding the new national security presidential directive, leaving it a "hollow shell of words without deeds."

  • Abaco Gold necklaces, bracelets, and rings — including some with turtle and conch shell motifs — are sold at the Sand Dollar Shoppe on Parliament Street (Tel.


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