How To Use Shelling In A Sentence

Heavy shelling and bombardment rocked Somalias restive capital Mogadishu on Sunday, claiming the lives of at least 14 people Drag to Playlist WN.com - Business News
The United Nations said it was gravely concerned at the shelling of a Palestinian refugee camp in Latakia.
Unless the AP is leaving something out, the only enticement ObamaTour offers would-be visitors is the prospect of shelling out a sawbuck. Mirror, Mirror
When we asked the secretary that evening how he had liked the ordeal he said he could hardly describe his feelings whilst it lasted, but when the shelling ceased it was the heavenliest sensation of his life. With Steyn and De Wet
Within two hours of the deadline passing there were reports of intense shelling and airstrikes in Aleppo. Times, Sunday Times

The cells similarly fire when the monkeys observe a person shelling peanuts and then hear peanut shells being broken apart.
You can't replace it just by shelling out more when you have some spare cash again. Times, Sunday Times
The water wasn’t safe either: at the beach I saw tots dressed in flotation belts and water wings — for shelling along the shore. Safer Playgrounds Still Dangerous | Impact Lab
The UN has suspended relief flights because of shelling around the airport.
So you have the original and you bought the re-mastered version last year - why should you keep shelling out the bucks to these money-grubbers?
WANT to brighten up your workout wardrobe without shelling out for a complete new gym kit? The Sun
During my youth, we were constantly running away from the shelling, bombing, booby-trapped cars and assassinations that the Syrian Army was perpetrating in Lebanon against the Christian population. Assad Has No Friend in Lebanon's Christians
He would not have remained in the city even if the story that his own men were spreading were true, that a half-dozen assassins possibly capable of shelling the Soviet Embassy were in the vicinity.
Most of the trulli are still people's homes - as evidenced by the women shelling peas on the front stoops.
Acting Assistant Paymaster J.W. Sands and myself, as to the propriety of steaming down the river without dredging it, it was agreed upon to call the dredge-boats in, and we proceeded down the river, shelling the woods on right bank of the river and then came to an anchor above Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy
Related Article NATO Strikes Gadhafi Compound Rebels have held portions of the city since the early days of the uprising, which began two months ago, but residents have been cornered and endured government shelling for weeks, leading to what aid agencies have described as a burgeoning humanitarian disaster. Rebel Gains Fail to End Siege of Libyan City
The Germans were shelling the town, and it was a matter of skill to decide when the lumbersome old shell was heard exactly where it would fall. Adventures of a Despatch Rider
Like him, I sat for ages removing all those fiddly little stalks, or shelling peas and beans.
And if that means having to forego Peter Gabriel's orchestral albums, or to somehow avoid shelling out £279.99 for a pair of giant white headphones that make it look like you're wearing the back end of a Sinclair C5 on your bonce, then so be it. Don't Give Up, Dr Dre's new material will be arriving soon!
A U . N. spokesman expressed concern about reports that shelling has killed civilians.
The huge central courtyard is strewn with rubble after months of heavy shelling. Times, Sunday Times
Syrian government forces renewed their assault on the rebellious city of Homs in what activists described as the heaviest shelling in days. What's News—
The shelling churned the landscape into a sea of mud and craters.
They sit there shelling the peanuts and rubbing off the tissuey brown skin with a rolling motion of thumb and index finger and eating the oily salty flesh and dropping the husks on the ground without ever taking their eyes off the game. Underworld
Their unit was shelling the German lines only seven miles away.
He even amused himself in gunnery practice by warning his men against low-elevation shelling over his area, because "the pixies would degauss (demagnetize) their proximity fuses". More Than Human
And the fighter revealed he's shelling out ￡20,000 for sparring partners Mike Weaver and Tony Tubbs, both former world champions.
We parked our vehicles beside the hotel on what we considered to be the lee side from the shelling and went into the building. Broken Lives
But one day, two years after his wedding, while lounging in a deckchair, shelling peanuts on an October afternoon, Sharma was startled by a premonition.
Two people aged in their 60s were found dead allegedly as a result of yesterday's shelling, " said a spokesman for police in the nearby port of Incheon.
Later on in the day I filled the holes in the roof outside with blocks of ice and frozen earth, in fact anything I could find to act as a 'burster' in case of further shelling. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918
The time of flight of a bomb is longer than that of a shell and mortar fire is therefore subject to greater meteorological variation, making it less accurate than shelling by guns or howitzers and less likely to hit a moving target.
Pick shelling peas when the pods are fully plump and a fresh green colour.
I have my choice of activities, ranging from kayaking and sailing to snorkeling and shelling.
The attacks coincided with Afghan opposition forces shelling enemy positions in the strategic northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
Japanese heavy artillery was shelling downtown Singapore across the Johore Strait.
(Hint: The reason that you can do ballistic shelling with artillery is that the round is much heavier and is operated on by air resistance and aerodynamic forces much less than the much lighter rifle round and the even lighter pistol round.) Think Progress » Obama bumper sticker fuels violent political road rage in Tennessee.
But one day, two years after his wedding, while lounging in a deckchair, shelling peanuts on an October afternoon, Sharma was startled by a premonition.
Most of the trulli are still people's homes - as evidenced by the women shelling peas on the front stoops.
They poured men at us and the shelling was terrific, but we hung on. DARE CALL IT TREASON
During the shelling hundreds of women and children, breakfastless, their hair hanging, hatless, and even penniless, except for their mere railway fares, had rushed to the station and taken tickets to the first safe town they could think of. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915
The most recent self declared truces between Hamas and Israel have all featured shelling of Israeli towns (Sderot is the main one) even though an official truce is in effect. Matthew Yglesias » Fair and Balanced
Buildings still exhibited pockmarks from shelling during the war.
I've heard that the noise-cancelling earphones work well, but I'm not shelling out extra cash for that luxury. Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09
Peas, I suppose, are not a fruit within the meaning of the act, but sitting on the back doorstep in the cool of the evening, shelling peas into a basin, was one of the small delights of summer.
The day ended with the aforenamed chairman of Sunderland football club shelling out £8,000 on taxis so they could all go home.
There was fierce hand-to-hand fighting and the area was coming under heavy tank and artillery shelling.
Today, I noticed my dishwasher wouldn't turn on. After shelling out$120 call-out fee, I was a little miffed when the technician walked in, pressed the'unlock' function and walked out again.
Several artillery regiments in Hackensack and Ridgefield Park were shelling zombie positions in Englewood and the Teaneck gold course, but the armory's fate was dismal.
I personally knew somebody who was in the Afghanni hills with the Mujaheddin at the time of the late Civil War - he shared chillums with them when they were shelling Russian airplanes - mad one.
You can't replace it just by shelling out more when you have some spare cash again. Times, Sunday Times
Pick shelling peas when the pods are fully plump and a fresh green colour.
Pointing out bombing or shelling targets to the enemy.
A small girl has been helping the maid with some such task as shelling peas in an outhouse, since as they emerge hand-in-hand the child carries the pods or husks in her apron.
Residents said that they suffered burns on their feet when they walked where the shelling had taken place. Times, Sunday Times
Within two hours of the deadline passing there were reports of intense shelling and airstrikes in Aleppo. Times, Sunday Times
Speaking of shelling out the ducats, industry watchers seem to concur that during these flush economic times, and even during lean ones, parents will spend mightily on toys.
Victims of the shelling were buried after dark in case mourners were targeted by snipers. Times, Sunday Times
Among the Barrier Islands along the Gulf Coast in Florida, Sanibel Island is considered one of the best shelling destinations in the world -- with beaches abound with conch, scallops and lightning whelk seashells. America's Island Paradises
Yet the locals insist that the shelling has only hardened their resolve to fight on. Times, Sunday Times
Turkish tanks and hundreds, perhaps thousands of soldiers, crossed into Iraqi Kurdistan after heavy shelling targeted at the PKK in Iraq.
If you are thinking of gifting them, consider shelling out around a lakh of rupees or more.
Steady shelling was going on, and there were occasional spatters of machine gun fire through the smashed windows of her refuge.
A large number had to flee from their villages due to shelling on the border.
The enemy has been shelling us all day
After the original version of the album had already been released in October 1979, it was remixed and reissued with a new sleeve in mid 1980 - meaning many fans shelling out twice for the same product (something we would all have to get used to in the years to come as countless bands and labels indulged in remixes, re-issues and multiple formats) THE VINYL VILLAIN
The daily indignities and brutalities of the siege and the occupation and the shelling and shooting of civilians are virtually absent from BBC consciousness unless an attack on Israel sparks interest. BBC is 'confusing cause and effect' in its Israeli coverage
Q As long as relief convoys, for instance, were permitted to reprovision Sarajevo and the shelling ceased, would that satisfy you? Corrected Press Briefing By Dee Dee Myers
Planted to clamber up bamboo wigwams or trained up and over an arch, runner beans are pretty enough to grow in the flower garden and yellow, carmine splashed shelling beans are highly decorative.
Quarter Branch is back with its fall harvest of pak choi, Swiss chard, cilantro and basil and beets, radishes, sweet turnips and sweet, tender shelling peas. Market Roundup: Sept 30-Oct. 7
Not to mention his siege of Manila, which cost 100,000 live due to shelling and Japanese atrocities (the Japanese would have had no time to dig in and reinforce if he had not lallygagged). Matthew Yglesias » ADL Hits Petraeus
WANT to brighten up your workout wardrobe without shelling out for a complete new gym kit? The Sun
Having just come back from a fortnight in south-east Asia I approached Jamie's curry recipe with gusto, although my levels of grumpiness were accelerated by shopping – and shelling out £25 – for the 30-odd ingredients required to make it. Bish, bash, bosh: putting Jamie's 30 Minute Meals to the test
The city inched rather than slid towards capture and after a while the shelling all but paralysed our movement.
Despite the gunfire and shelling, protesters swarmed into a Sanaa main street for Friday prayers, filling a long stretch of a multilane boulevard. Rocket wounds Yemen president, escalating fight
In the early 60s, as a raw sub-editor, I would handle his copy quite often from the desk in London: regularly we got to talk of cricket and I remember as if it was yesterday telling him of Brian Close's epic defiance in the Lord's Test of 1963 and delighting at hearing the contented cheers sea-shelling down the crackly telephone wire from Germany. How the R&A made its mark at Stalag Luft III | Frank Keating
Low on their list of priorities is shelling out money to lawyers for routine legal matters. Surviving and Thriving in the Midst of a Recession
Taxi users are shelling out almost double to get to their destinations during rush hour in Colchester.
A pillar of black smoke from a burning heap of tires ignited by the bombardment billowed over the port, and nearby the charred shells of some 250 brand new cars, all torched in the shelling, smoldered. NATO jets blast Libyan troops
All the sleeping shelling wake up - primrose, baby iris, blue phlox.
The Ancient Islamic fort guarding the harbor is pockmarked from years of shelling. Reporter's Notebook: Mogadishu
There was fierce hand-to-hand fighting and the area was coming under heavy tank and artillery shelling.
As I observed, these bonds were strongly encouraged through an unspoken ethic of cooperative assistance, which nurtured in women an almost reflex willingness to "help each other" (kupfunana), especially with time-consuming jobs such as husking corn, shelling peanuts and beans, and sorting through greens for cooking. Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
The army has been shelling the town since yesterday.
Outside squirrels were shelling sunflower seeds on the walk, where her mother had scattered them. DANSVILLE
Everywhere women were hard at work, hanging out washing, harvesting, shelling walnuts, building hayricks or even making mud bricks to bake in the sun while the men stood about chatting languidly in every village or squatted together at the roadside wearing their traditional tall Kyrgyz hats of embroidered felt, the ak kalpak, or the ornate pillbox hats of the Uzbeks. Wildwood
Mama Emmy kept shelling peas, but her attention was on her granddaughter.
After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember
Residents said that they suffered burns on their feet when they walked where the shelling had taken place. Times, Sunday Times
For homeowners shelling out $800,000, that cartographical anonymity must have been disconcerting. IT'S THE ROAD NOW TAKEN
The battalion might have suffered from German shelling while moving in the open, the shelling directed from those balloons. DARE CALL IT TREASON
Residents said that they suffered burns on their feet when they walked where the shelling had taken place. Times, Sunday Times
Steady shelling was going on, and there were occasional spatters of machine gun fire through the smashed windows of her refuge.
I have my choice of activities, ranging from kayaking and sailing to snorkeling and shelling.
Shelling accused The News-Star of "bombarding" Monroe City Schools with written public records requests and singling out African-American board members with negative coverage. Thenewsstar.com - Local News
The shelling of Fort Sumter caught the U.S. Army unprepared for war.
the shelling went on for hours without pausing
Not only might I very well lose it, I can never be bothered shelling out the extra for the phonecalls when a simple phonecard is much less cumbersome and cheaper to replace in the event of catastrophe.
The UN has suspended relief flights because of shelling around the airport.
I have witnessed expats shelling seeds with ease so, although I can't speak from experience, I know that it can be done.
-- Started at 6 P.M., reached Shelling khet on the Prong Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
My first memories are of sitting in the kitchen shelling peas and listening to my great-grandmother telling stories.
The delicate palaces, -- already crumbling from age, -- the marvelous façade of the Ducal Palace with its lustrous color, the leaning _campanili_, the little churches filled with noble monuments to its great ones, -- all were helpless before an aerial attack, or shelling from warships. The World Decision
Slim was captured during the Battle of Kapyong after he was concussed by enemy shelling.
Lamloom also called for more NATO airstrikes on the armories and depots where Gadhafi loyalists store their ammunition, saying they will prevent the government from shelling more civilian targets. NATO Airstrike a ‘Warning’ to Libyan Government Loyalists, Say Rebels
Their unit was shelling the German lines only seven miles away.
He was ashore for 19 days until he was wounded by German shelling. Times, Sunday Times
Well, in that scenario, the guy is being a cheapskate by not subscribing and shelling out the cash to be able to make an e-mail response.
A _rafale_ of shrapnel will of course destroy any infantry moving in the open, but intermittent shelling, although it appears to be terribly destructive, will not stop resolute troops determined to press forward. With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917
A pillar of black smoke from a burning heap of tires ignited by the bombardment billowed over the port, and nearby the charred shells of some 250 brand new cars, all torched in the shelling, smoldered. NATO jets blast Libyan troops
In the heat of battle no gunnery officer had the time to consult a table before aiming at an incoming bomber or shelling an enemy position.
The ceasefire was still intact at the end of February, despite intermittent shooting and shelling.
Yet the locals insist that the shelling has only hardened their resolve to fight on. Times, Sunday Times
Sadly, shelling out £20 is not always a guarantee of quality, so do try to taste before you buy, or find a wine merchant or critic whom you trust.
He saw hundreds upon hundreds of ships moving toward the coast of France and when he approached the target area, he could see their big Naval guns shelling the coast.
Colourful uniforms had been replaced by khaki; heroic charges and defences by long-range shelling; and sweeping military manoeuvres by trench warfare.
Then some students had to stop shelling peanuts for a while to experience what it feels like to not have food security.
Despite heavy shelling, mortaring and machine gun fire, within about an hour they made it off the beach.
The only part of the recipe that was a pain in the neck was shelling and de-veining the shrimps. Paella with Chorizo and Seafood : The Cooking Adventures of Chef Paz
Things are bad enough without our own guns shelling us.
Longtime neighbors embraced the same-sex couples who were shelling out thousands of dollars to fix mansions and split-levels once built by aristocrats of European descendants.
Israeli shelling kills 2 Gaza militants: Israeli shellfire killed two Palestinian militants and wounded six people, including a 10-year-old girl, in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical workers and an official with a militant group said. Former North Korean spy visits Japan
They left the city forever, and it was occupied by Yugoslavian partisans when the shelling stopped. Refugees in the Age of Total War
How magical to be a youngster bedazzled by the lights, the booing and singing encouraged among the kids, and the mistaken notion that it's all for them and not the parents who are shelling out.
Their unit was shelling the German lines only seven miles away.
Shelling from federal army tanks razed half the houses in the Croat-populated part of Glina.
Erskine's craft had done terrible execution without so much as being seen until, when the last of the German Coast Defence ships had gone down with all hands in the Great Nore, off the Nore lighthouse, whence she was shelling Garrison Fort, the _Ithuriel_ had risen above the water for a few moments, and Denis Castellan had taken a cockshot with the three forward guns at a couple of _Flying Fishes_ that were circling over the town and fort and river mouth. The World Peril of 1910
It was a period where the AACC stopped teaching their basic cooks how to kill and pluck a chickens and gone were the days of shelling wheat bags of fresh peas, deep freezers were issued and so were frozen chickens and quick-frozen peas.
In some towns old buildings have been demolished and replaced with monstrous modern carbuncles, a sure sign of shelling.
Again, these are middle-class families we're talking about here with money to spare, so a direct read-across is fraught with danger - but it's hard to imagine the average British parent sitting in their car at midnight every night waiting for their kids to finish extra classes, let alone shelling out hundreds of quid every month for the privilege. School's Out: The Swedish Model is Not the Only One.
SARAJEVO - Serb shelling of Sarajevo abated dramatically after the ANC Daily News Briefing
Really, however, the shelling was scientific "bracketing" of the enemy's important position. History of the World War, Vol. 3
The owners of the Mancrunch. com site deny it was a publicity stunt, but the controversy is almost certain to direct tens of thousands of eyeballs to the ad without the company shelling out a single dollar. Super Bowl ads: Not just about the beer anymore
Colourful uniforms had been replaced by khaki; heroic charges and defences by long-range shelling; and sweeping military manoeuvres by trench warfare.

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