How to Use shelve in a Sentence

shelve

verb

• The books were shelved according to category.
• This is not a book to race through and then shelve away.
  — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
• The last one, tested in 2013 in the U.S., was shelved due to a lack of results.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2019
• Indeed, the film’s team did opt to shelve such a scene.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
• The bill has since been shelved, but the protests have continued.
  — Russell Goldman, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2019
• Both countries have had to shelve their plans, for now.
  — Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Quartz Africa, 23 Oct. 2020
• The glass shelves slide out and are designed to contain spills.
  — Betty Gold, Good Housekeeping, 27 Feb. 2019
• But a year later, war broke out, and those plans were shelved.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
• But those ideas were shelved in the face of more pressing demands.
  — Federica Cocco, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• The studio shelved the film in August 2022 in a cost-cutting move.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
• But the owner of the White Gates home built in the 1950s isn't shelving all plans to demolish the house.
  — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
• Mack is smitten and wants to shelve her playbook for good.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 14 Feb. 2024
• The Great Recession hit a few months later, and plans for the project were shelved.
  — Orla McCaffrey, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2019
• Their first joint project was shelved to appease their son.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• Hang or mount a hook rack on an easy-to-reach wall, the side of a shelving unit, or off of a storage cart.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023
• But Green couldn’t help but think of what would have happened had the mini room’s work been shelved.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
• The ends of the island contain shelving for decor and cookbooks.
  — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 13 June 2019
• The time to prepare is now — not to shelve such plans once memories fade.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• At a minimum, Democrats say that idea should be shelved.
  — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
• Posey is shelved for the second time this season with a strained hamstring.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2019
• City leaders have discussed the idea of a quiet zone in the past, but it was shelved due to cost concerns.
  — Allison Wood, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2019
• However, with just six games left in the season, he was shelved.
  — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2019
• The plan was shelved in 2022 as Metro leaders sought to retool the agency’s freeway projects.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
• The DeepMind Health brand was shelved, and Suleyman was removed from the day-to-day running of the unit.
  — Mark Bergen, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2019
• Then, the Hollywood strikes shelved, buried or delayed dozens of films.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
• The open area below the shelving unit is perfect for shoes, and the top of the system can hold boxes and luggage.
  — Gabriela Izquierdo, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2023
• But this year, when asked for an update, Leyba said those plans had been shelved.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2023
• Two Chronicle reporters went more than a dozen stores in the East Bay to see what shelves looked like.
  — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 17 Mar. 2020
• Their bosses make return-to-office plans, which then get shelved.
  — Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
• But at the end of 1964, Columbia shelved the recording of the Philharmonic Hall concert.
  — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 16 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 22 Feb 2025