How to Use bookshelf in a Sentence

bookshelf

noun

• Now there’s a new entry to the canon: bookshelf wealth.
  — Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2024
• Put your books on the bookshelf, put your clothes in the drawers.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2022
• One tried to pry a bookshelf off the wall in search of secrets.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2020
• At some point, his host went to a bookshelf and took down a book.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Sep. 2023
• Stack a row of books on top for a sleek bookshelf with the bonus of storage space.
  — Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• This is the year of Black joy and Black love, and your bookshelf should reflect that.
  — Siena Giljum, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2021
• And the doors that lead out of the memory care unit are made to look like bookshelves.
  — Sahana Jayaraman, AZCentral.com, 1 May 2023
• Clear some space on your bookshelves for this one, folks!
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2024
• Glick said the report was put on the bookshelf, and nothing was done.
  — CBS News, 27 Feb. 2021
• Don’t forget to use the real estate at the top of the bookshelf, too.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• The Angels were locked in a glass box to be put on a bookshelf and marveled at once in a while.
  — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 16 Oct. 2024
• One easy way to spruce up your new office space is to get a bookshelf.
  — Courtney Campbell, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2020
• Fanon lives on, too, as a mainstay of the college syllabus and the rebel’s bookshelf.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Kaye designed a bookshelf that extends the full length of the library.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful, 19 Oct. 2022
• Stack them on a bookshelf in the playroom or bedroom, and make the labels easy to read.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
• The dual-sided bed has a bookshelf on one side and a desk on the other.
  — Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2022
• Have something in the background, like a bookshelf, couch, or lamp.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
• Those books no longer have a proper place on a young child's bookshelf.
  — Karin Klein Los Angeles Times, Star Tribune, 8 Mar. 2021
• If the man’s size doesn’t scare you away from the pleasures within, his bookshelf might.
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2021
• My son, one day, was home from college and alone in the house and all of a sudden all the books in a bookshelf were thrown across the room.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
• On the far side of a bookshelf-cum-divider, Mira finds Jonathan’s bed.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2021
• Put the trailing plant on top of a bookshelf or tall cabinet and allow the vines to drape down the side.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023
• Even with four beds, there’s room for a dresser, a glider, a small bookshelf, and a toy chest.
  — Laura Fenton, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2024
• For the nosy among us who are bored of staring at people’s bookshelves.
  — Victoria Shannon, New York Times, 8 May 2020
• At one breakfast spot, the counter serves as a giant bookshelf.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2022
• The bookshelf — along with the big comfy couch in the living room — are the couple’s favorite parts of their new home.
  — Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• There is a tall bookshelf in the living room equipped with large wood-frame speakers.
  — Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 23 Mar. 2022
• There are some shiny instruments on the bookshelf next to the table.
  — Deborah Eisenberg, The New York Review of Books, 9 Mar. 2021
• The living room comes with hardwood floors, built in bookshelves, and floor-to-ceiling windows.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2024
• The second installment of her memoir, dubbed Part Two, will hit bookshelves next year.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024