shells
Example Sentences
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Nineteen homes across five streets in the town were completely destroyed by the fire last week, with eight households left able to view the shells of their former homes.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The cyclical freezing and thawing of soil also brings old shells to the surface, Goldammer said, much as flower beds can seem to produce fresh stones every winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Organisms older than 500 million years did not yet possess shells or skeletons.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Along the roads around Izyum burnt-out shells of petrol stations have become part of the landscape, heaps of mangled, charred metal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
I take off running down the beach, jumping over shells and boulders and strands of kelp.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
