Sentence examples for but a shell from inspiring English sources

"I am nothing but a shell".

— Poor Masculinity, he's but a shell of his former self.

It must be understood that to believers, even the body of a small child that has been identified as a witch is no longer a human being, but a shell within which a frightening demon or other spirit is lurking.

But a Shell document last fall did not project the technique to increase the amount of oil that will ultimately be recovered from the field, and it resulted in additional water being mixed in with the oil.

Another prosecutor, Laura Pedio, told the court in her closing arguments that the designers were "well aware that they would reap a tax advantage" from the transfer to Gado, which, she added, is nothing but a shell company that made no administrative or financial decisions.

But a shell's mineralogy alone was not the only factor.

In Judaism, there's a belief that evil is but a shell covering the spark of the Divine within every person.

Proteins including lamb chops, filet mignon, and swordfish managed a refined and tasty simplicity, but a shell-on lobster stew proved distressingly messy and, worse, bland.

But a shell-shocked Northants began to slow up the scoring with Worcestershire's captain Gareth Batty falling for a single when he was well caught low down at deep midwicket by Graeme White off Andrew Crook.

He tried to compete in the playoffs but was a shell of himself, unable to dominate around the basket and change the tone of a game.

The boats were barred at certain times and at other times allowed to go through but sometimes a shell or two screamed over their heads.