The shell dropped and exploded above Fort Sumter, a United States military base on an island in the harbor.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

Anderson then told the southerners, "If you do not shell us to pieces, hunger will force us out in a few days."

VOA: special.2009.08.06

It was the turtle shell which the Mute Singer used as a beggar's cup for money.

VOA: special.2011.02.19

For example,he created a triangle-shaped walkway of steps that sits inside a rounded concrete shell.

VOA: special.2009.12.13

The leaders of ExxonMobil,Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron, as well as BP America, testified before a House of Representatives committee Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

That's how I'm trying to play him and I think he's coming out of his shell a bit in Eclipse."

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

"Everyone is half-dead. It does not matter if you shell them because you are shelling a dead body."

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

"I though it was a good response from the team, we did not just fall back into our shell and just let it all go out the window,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.07