How to Use bookshelf in a Sentence

bookshelf

noun

• Buy a few Billy bookshelves from Ikea and anchor them flush to the wall.
  — Samantha Weiss-Hills, House Beautiful, 5 Feb. 2020
• The middle column of his bookshelf is largely a tribute to his family.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2020
• Mangione's Goodreads profile showed that there were five books related to chronic back pain on his bookshelf.
  — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
• Selena Gomez might need some extra space on her bookshelf to make room for multiple trophies.
  — Eric Andersson, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
• He's collected objects and photos from events and has filled them into scrapbooks that sit on a bookshelf organized by year.
  — Francisco Guzman and Brian Ries, CNN, 14 Feb. 2020
• Good luck trying to find this safe: it’s designed to fit snugly between two wall studs and is perfect for hiding in closets, behind bookshelves and more.
  — Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2020
• There was a miniature dollhouse kitchen scene displayed on a bookshelf; a huge oil painting consuming the entire wall of a teeny guest bathroom.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 7 Mar. 2020
• The spacious 50-foot living room features a grand fireplace, bookshelves, and parquet flooring.
  — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 14 Feb. 2020
• Jeffers’ illustrations of rocket ships, moon-faced children, and dissident crayons march across bookshelves worldwide.
  — Pia Ceres, Wired, 23 Mar. 2020
• In the bedroom, a bookshelf by Jacques Adnet displays African sculpture and contemporary glass.
  — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 4 Feb. 2020
• Also in the space is a TV, a laptop, pictures galore of Briggs’ family, bookshelves that hint at a strong faith, and a bathroom with a tub.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
• And, no surprise, the singer who has dominated the charts, the box office, touring and our bookshelves over the past 12 months is at the pole position on yet another year-end tally.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2024
• Aldridge’s streaming sessions are recorded in a space normally inhabited by he and wife Nicole Conley’s bookshelf and their daughter Frankie’s toys.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 20 Mar. 2020
• Kristan Sterling, a math teacher at the school, said students in her classroom armed themselves with scissors, barricaded the door with a bookshelf and cowered in a corner, out of sight from a window.
  — Max Londberg, Cincinnati.com, 12 Feb. 2020
• And since 2022, the librarians have been finding controversial books shoved under bookshelves, hidden in the wrong sections, or even damaged.
  — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025