Sentence examples for heavy shell from inspiring English sources

"Light skin, heavier skin over that, fleece and a heavy shell," he said.

Although they crossed the first 200 yards of no man's land without incident, they encountered heavy shell fire from the Germans.

Brian Pickett portrays the tortoise, with a mask and a heavy shell (a backpack), and Judith Leclair, principal bassoonist for the Philharmonic, gives him his voice.

These snails no longer make shells (their sequestered toxins protect them, so why carry the heavy shell?) and several even sequester the photosynthetic machinery from their algal hosts, gaining much of their energy from stolen chloroplasts instead of from eating the seaweed.

For example, a woman seeking to join a tank unit might be tested on skills for lifting and loading a heavy shell, while a woman hoping to join an infantry unit might have to pass a test that includes hiking over distances with a heavy pack and dragging a wounded comrade to safety.

It had a heavy shell, a spiked tail tipped with a club, and short toes--all features indicating that it lived on land, as did later relatives.

Under heavy shelling, residents have begun fleeing.

Heavy shelling has hit mostly civilian areas.

Heavy shelling was reported in Muadamiyeh by activists last night.

Heavy shelling continued to rock the capital on Thursday.

"But this time, it was heavy shelling," the teenager said.