hard-shelled
Example Sentences
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A resident of Lennox came across the black, hard-shelled carrying case at 104th Street and Condon Avenue and picked it up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025
The study used data from a decades-long database of video footage depicting wild chimpanzees in the Bossou forest, Guinea, where chimps were recorded cracking hard-shelled nuts using a hammer and anvil stones.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
When it comes to cracking open hard-shelled prey, sea otters are remarkably resourceful.
From Science Magazine • May 15, 2024
The shells of the large, hard-shelled clam were used by the indigenous Narragansett people as wampum.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023
No one else did either, except the hard-shelled technicians.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
