How to Use shelf in a Sentence

shelf

noun

• Put the vase on the shelf.
• Will you get that book down off the shelf?
• We don't have much shelf space.
• The shelves float on a wall in the colors of the ocean floor.
  — House Beautiful, 5 June 2023
• Pull items out of the closet and wipe down the shelves.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
• The shelves are stocked, and that wasn’t the case when the Bears drafted Justin Fields.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2024
• Here are details on the puffs to please, and the sad fails best left on the shelf.
  — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
• What did the elf on the shelf dress up as for Halloween?
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
• Rich, warm woods and shelves lined with books are in the DNA of dark academia decor.
  — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2024
• Joe took out the trash, delivered parts, ran the counter and stocked the shelves.
  — Sarah Gish, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
• Then the pandemic hit, and so the idea was put on the shelf for a year.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Dec. 2022
• But now there are no books and no shelves and no beach road.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• Leave the loaves on the shelf and grab some everything bagels.
  — Casey Barber, CNN, 14 Nov. 2022
• Your elf on the shelf will be nice and cozy in their bread blanket.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 28 Oct. 2022
• And yes, my awards shelf is very nice, but there’s so much more to do.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024
• Here is a list of the food and drug items pulled off the shelves in November.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
• Its next job will be to package and roll it off the shelf for years to come.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023
• The tapes that sat on a shelf for more than 40 years form a large part of the film and were crucial.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 28 Oct. 2022
• Once the space is empty, wipe the shelves and vacuum the floor.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2023
• This picture frame looks straight off of a thrift store shelf.
  — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
• Grab a beach read from the shelf of staff favorites — always a good bet.
  — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024
• There were shelves laden with thousands of small sake jars.
  — Siddhartha Mitter, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
• The sturdy lower shelf holds two stacks of about 15 books each.
  — New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• The officer was unable to find the book on the classroom shelves.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
• What books are being banned or removed off the shelf in Iowa?
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 7 June 2024
• Now, bake some cookies, hang your stockings and put that elf on the shelf.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 17 Nov. 2022
• The two-tier shelf is a space saver but the white and gold design looks premium.
  — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
• There would be shelves and rows of just the tail, just the tongue, just different finger parts.
  — William Earl, Variety, 17 Aug. 2024
• Elliott actually created it a few years ago, and it's sat on his office shelf ever since.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
• Thankfully the judgment wasn’t carried out very thoroughly, and a bluray copy of Murnau’s silent classic currently sits on my home video shelves.
  — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025