Shelling
['ʃɛlɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shell
(n.) Groats; hulled oats.
Checker: Rhonda
Examples
- Under the shelling men had been cowards and had run. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- You better wait until the shelling is over, the major said over his shoulder. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They are shelling quite a little still but it is all over. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Dost wish to bring on a shelling? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There was still a certain amount of shelling, he said, but not many wounded. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There was no shelling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- On the 8th of July Sherman was within ten miles of Jackson and on the 11th was close up to the defences of the city and shelling the town. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was much shelling and many rockets in the rain and machine-gun and rifle fire all along the line. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typist: Psyche