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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Have something in the background, like a bookshelf, couch, or lamp.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Even with four beds, there’s room for a dresser, a glider, a small bookshelf, and a toy chest.
  — Laura Fenton, Curbed, 23 Jan. 2024
• At one breakfast spot, the counter serves as a giant bookshelf.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2022
• The bookshelf — along with the big comfy couch in the living room — are the couple’s favorite parts of their new home.
  — Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• But then one young man seated next to the corner of a bookshelf spoke with a quiet voice.
  — Dallas News, 28 Nov. 2022
• Here is where my gaze shifts from the bookshelf to the dog’s bed; the craft cabinet to the window; my husband’s desk to the fruit bowl.
  — Erika Houle, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• Hang one near your child's bookshelf for a fun reading nook.
  — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Then hang floating shelves to function as a desk and bookshelf.
  — Grace Gallagher, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
• And with one easy swing of the bookshelves, a secret space is revealed inside for the adult beverages in the house!
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
• The novel hits bookshelves just a few weeks after the Game of Thrones season 1 finale.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 23 Apr. 2023
• In the bedroom, police saw a handgun on a bookshelf and a plastic bag of cocaine on the night stand.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
• And when you’re surrounded by the majesty of that structure, and all of the intricate details, like the bookshelves.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
• Place a bouquet of flowers in the vase or just display it on a side table or bookshelf as a piece of decor.
  — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023
• The bookshelves are cantilevered out from the sides, giving them the appearance of floating from the ceiling.
  — Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2023
• One had bookshelves, a brick floor and a hole cut into an overhead tarp that served as a skylight.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
• The mug sits on a bookshelf beside a photo of her family.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
• Both are great options for a tall bookshelf or plant hanger.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
• Not to be overlooked are the stockings hung on the fireplace (or where there isn’t a fireplace, tacked to the wall or mounted from a bookshelf).
  — Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Oct. 2022
• There, in his room, is a corner with a tiny armchair, a short bookshelf, and a stuffed octopus.
  — Tara Bannow, STAT, 15 Aug. 2022
• The days of having a dictionary on your bookshelf are numbered.
  — Nichol Castro, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024