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
• There are ferns on the counters, on his desk, and on his bookshelves and on the floor.
  — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Ok, give us the details: What is on Gwyneth’s bookshelf?
  — Olivia Martin, Town & Country, 20 Aug. 2019
• 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
• Six of the books on the bookshelves in our living room carry my name, and two of those have won awards.
  — Nicola Prentis, Good Housekeeping, 30 Dec. 2019
• Buy a few Billy bookshelves from Ikea and anchor them flush to the wall.
  — Samantha Weiss-Hills, House Beautiful, 5 Feb. 2020
• 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
• Add a tall open bookshelf next to the daybed to hold books, photos or other items.
  — Mari-Jane Williams, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
• And the whole video wraps up with the crew posing in front of the very bookshelves from which Abigail stole a volume.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2019
• 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
• There are nice details throughout like a walk-in closet in the primary and built-in custom bookshelves in the living room.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 28 Jan. 2025
• Although there’s an unused menorah tucked high on a bookshelf, their living room is dominated by a huge Christmas tree.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 17 Mar 2025