How to Use library in a Sentence

library

noun
  • I borrowed the book from the school library.
  • He has an impressive library of jazz records.
  • Lane has served on the library board for a little over a year.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The library is perhaps the most atypical part of the building.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • What parks, libraries, schools and pantries are in Metcalfe Park?
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
  • Others like to quilt — there’s even a book club and one ranger running a park library on the side.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024
  • Williamson said in an email that most patrons respect the library’s space and its rules.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Their talk followed the completion of the restoration of the library’s dome, which is more than 18 feet high and 30 feet wide.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The book made its way to the hands of one of the library’s supervisors, Melena said.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The school board would evaluate the book and determine whether to remove it from the library.
    Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The three bedroom house has two bathrooms, along with a library and garden area.
    Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2024
  • Top minds in research and libraries in their fields mentored her.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Most notably, the home’s library was made from chestnut wood that is hundreds of years old.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Left to his own devices, Ken wanders into a high school library and leaves with a stack of books in hand.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There will also be a kitchen that sports a butler’s pantry, a dining area that leads to a balcony, a bar, and a library.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That’s why a huge library of training data, from varied sources, is key to this process.
    Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023
  • Use it to check for items, scan and check out library materials.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2023
  • The afternoons, when the schoolchildren arrived, were busiest in the library.
    Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The library offers ukulele kits to check-out for three weeks at a time at any of the Library’s locations, and at the Bookmobiles.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • Opinion: When libraries like Gaza’s are destroyed, what’s lost is far more than books.
    George Levines, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Samuelson used to work in Illinois and has watched several of those libraries grapple with the threats.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Housed in the tower of the main building, the two-floor suite features two bedrooms, a living room, dining room, and library.
    Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In the basement of a student library in Pristina, a wall is covered with the names of all 1,133 children killed or missing in wartime.
    Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Officials in Andover also opened the town’s library for a place to cool off and charge devices.
    Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • With some sleuthing, Americans can still find free tests in parts of the country at places like libraries and health clinics.
    Fenit Nirappil, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The shop resembled a library, but for textiles instead of texts.
    Nina Mesfin, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Selective enforcement calls at the library have been on the rise in recent years.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
  • Other library staff members and their children pop up in videos, too.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Advertisement City officials said the plan is to identify encampments that pose a public threat or block access to libraries, parks and beaches.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Taylor teased the album with a library installation littered with Easter eggs and has been playing with a preppy fashion style all year: pleated mini skirts, rugby shirts, loafers, blazers and knee-high boots.
    Courtesy Of Esther Newman., refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'library.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: