How to Use library in a Sentence

library

noun
  • I borrowed the book from the school library.
  • He has an impressive library of jazz records.
  • The library is perhaps the most atypical part of the building.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Williamson said in an email that most patrons respect the library’s space and its rules.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Their talk followed the completion of the restoration of the library’s dome, which is more than 18 feet high and 30 feet wide.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The book made its way to the hands of one of the library’s supervisors, Melena said.
    Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The school board would evaluate the book and determine whether to remove it from the library.
    Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Top minds in research and libraries in their fields mentored her.
    Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Most notably, the home’s library was made from chestnut wood that is hundreds of years old.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Left to his own devices, Ken wanders into a high school library and leaves with a stack of books in hand.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There will also be a kitchen that sports a butler’s pantry, a dining area that leads to a balcony, a bar, and a library.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That’s why a huge library of training data, from varied sources, is key to this process.
    Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2023
  • Use it to check for items, scan and check out library materials.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2023
  • The afternoons, when the schoolchildren arrived, were busiest in the library.
    Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The library offers ukulele kits to check-out for three weeks at a time at any of the Library’s locations, and at the Bookmobiles.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • Opinion: When libraries like Gaza’s are destroyed, what’s lost is far more than books.
    George Levines, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Samuelson used to work in Illinois and has watched several of those libraries grapple with the threats.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Housed in the tower of the main building, the two-floor suite features two bedrooms, a living room, dining room, and library.
    Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In the basement of a student library in Pristina, a wall is covered with the names of all 1,133 children killed or missing in wartime.
    Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Officials in Andover also opened the town’s library for a place to cool off and charge devices.
    Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • With some sleuthing, Americans can still find free tests in parts of the country at places like libraries and health clinics.
    Fenit Nirappil, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The shop resembled a library, but for textiles instead of texts.
    Nina Mesfin, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Selective enforcement calls at the library have been on the rise in recent years.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
  • Other library staff members and their children pop up in videos, too.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The library was named after Sohmen's great-grandfather, Pao Sui-Loong.
    Shu-Ching Jean Chen, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Anybody else looking to drive to a state park without paying to park should stop by their public library ahead of their trip.
    The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Our guest bedroom is an office/library with a Murphy bed.
    Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 17 June 2023
  • One of the fiercest points of contention over the law’s implementation involved library books.
    Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • In its report, PEN found parallels between the frequency of prison bans and book bans in schools and libraries.
    Hillel Italie, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The library’s supporters insist the tale is apocryphal.
    Gregory S. Schneider, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023

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