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
• Most off-the-shelf condiments are meant to last many months.
  — Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 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
• Many of the shelves at the Rite Aid in El Segundo were bare.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
• The traps ended up on the shelf with 80 expired fish in them.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2022
• 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
• The book is on my shelf, to be consulted now and then, but the ears have it.
  — The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
• My nightmare is that there is no good cannabis on the shelf in the future.
  — Roy Trakin, Variety, 20 Apr. 2022
• Let the tall person get the box of pasta from the top shelf at the grocery store.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 18 May 2022
• Of course, that led to a special cleanup job, and taking the one new shoe off the shelf, etc.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
• My grandma had the same two books on her shelf my whole life.
  — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
• Now Ukraine’s own off-the-shelf drones are coming for the Russians.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
• This keeps generic medicines off the shelf and keeps prices for brand-name drugs high.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• That extra room has been used to install a set of shelves behind the driver and passenger seats that each have a strap to hold bags in place and increase trunk size.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 May 2025