How to Use bookshelf in a Sentence

bookshelf

noun

• One easy way to spruce up your new office space is to get a bookshelf.
  — Courtney Campbell, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2020
• If your bookshelf is filled, the only way to add a new book is to take an existing one away.
  — Kyle Hegarty, Quartz at Work, 31 July 2020
• Probably frame it and put it on a banister or a bookshelf.
  — Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2020
• My own library consists of a bookshelf and a single-cushion love seat.
  — Sheila Marikar, ELLE Decor, 7 Aug. 2020
• The living room comes with hardwood floors, built in bookshelves, and floor-to-ceiling windows.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2024
• Ancient tomes rest on a dusty bookshelf and a vintage writing desk perches next to a window.
  — Jessica Fender, NOLA.com, 18 Aug. 2020
• One model did double-duty as a lamp, another as a bookshelf.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2020
• Inside each cell is a stainless steel sink and toilet, upper and lower lights, a twin bed and a bookshelf on the back wall to store legal work, food and other personal items.
  — Jason Fagone, SFChronicle.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• This autumnal garland is a perfect addition for any mantlepiece, bookshelf, or coffee table.
  — Madison Durham, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2020
• Diversifying your bookshelf can help kids find themselves in literature—and the outdoors.
  — Allison Braden, Outside Online, 19 Sep. 2020
• The title of Walter Mosley’s new collection of 17 short stories is one that could create suspicion if left on a bookshelf alone.
  — E. Ethelbert Miller, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2020
• Slocum’s iconic account of his solo trip around the globe—the first person to accomplish such a feat—can be found on almost every sailor’s bookshelf and was a prime inspiration to Graham.
  — Karen Carmichael, National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2020
• 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
• 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
• One bookshelf had gone unburned, and the couple’s wedding album from 1961 was among the items stored there, NBC News reported.
  — Abigail Adams, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024