How to Use shell out in a Sentence

shell out

verb
  • Riquelme had to shell out the cash.
    — Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Be prepared to shell out more cash.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There is a warning for those ready to shell out those big bucks.
    — Sara MacHi, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Then, a lot of the people who shelled out that money lost a lot of it.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
  • That said, there's no need to shell out extra cash just to save a few tenths of an ounce.
    — Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 11 May 2018
  • Though the election is more than a year away, donors are already shelling out.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
  • 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
  • Time to call the plumber, and shell out for a couple hours of service, right?
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 27 June 2018
  • 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
  • But shelling out a thousand bucks for a mobile sure hurts the wallet.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 12 June 2025
  • Will one of you pay for flights while the other shells out the money for lodging?
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
  • To shell out thousands of dollars for a piece of gear like that seemed ridiculous.
    — New Atlas, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Both of these should be included when shelling out that kind of cash, in my opinion.
    — New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
  • By shelling out dollars to upgrade their rosters.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • And is anyone shelling out upwards of $100 for the ride?
    — Carolina Abbott Galvão, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Would the Bulls even want to shell out a lot of money for a backup center?
    — Jason Patt, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • That could mean shelling out a whopping $600 per year for your birth control.
    — Glamour, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Despite extra caution, parents are still shelling out for the new school year.
    — Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The city shelled out around $40 million in tax incentives for the move.
    — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
  • That's right, there's no need to shell out thousands of dollars on luxe custom drapery.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The public office shelled out $9,200 a month in rent for that site.
    — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2023
  • More than 50 years later, fans are shelling out thousands just to get in the building.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • And like the Sox, the Sky are not expected to shell out for any big-name free agents.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
  • In Texas, the rich are shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to build safe rooms and bunkers.
    — New York Times, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Graf said the district had to shell out $900 a piece for new converters.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2021
  • Or lose a bet to one of his players and shell out $650 for an Iberian ham.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2020
  • And four of the five countries that shell out the most in subsidies for the fuel are Asian.
    — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019

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