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
• Indeed, the film’s team did opt to shelve such a scene.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
• Both countries have had to shelve their plans, for now.
  — Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Quartz Africa, 23 Oct. 2020
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• Rather than expand the blast gauge program, though, the Army quietly shelved it in 2016.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
• Here are 33 best organizers, from shelving to racks to bins, to help get the job done.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
• The musicians decided to shelve the song for the time being.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• The race was shelved entirely in 2018, sold once again to new management, its third in four years.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
• Netanyahu may also be hoping for the reform bill to be shelved for the time being.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• The idea to present work by MFA employees was first discussed a few years ago, but shelved due to the pandemic.
  — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
• Stock market gyrations can shelve plans by start-ups to sell shares to the public.
  — Steve Lohr, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2021
• Moreno-Garcia blurs the lines more than most and gives booksellers trying to shelve her work headaches.
  — Donna Wares, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2022
• Many of them were debated publicly early in the year, but then shelved.
  — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024
• Those efforts were nixed by the courts and shelved by the Biden administration.
  — Amy Beth Hanson and Haleluya Hadero, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2023
• There are stacks of dozens of books piled on top of her shelves, waiting to be processed and shelved or to have their spines and covers repaired.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 29 Sep. 2024
• It had been designed to be somewhat of an extension-slash-sequel to Junkie, his first novel, but ended up being shunted aside and shelved.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024