put on the shelf
Example Sentences
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Go back to your younger self and reclaim something that you always wanted to do that you put on the shelf.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Speaking about reports such as this and Baroness Casey's, she told the APA conference: "Blood, sweat and tears is poured into them for them to eventually be put on the shelf and gather dust."
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2023
They can be put on the shelf without full evaluation of ingredients or proven efficacy, except in rare cases in which supplements are tested by a third party.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2023
Actually, these observations don’t need to be dusted off because they’re never put on the shelf, no matter how wrong they’re proven by actual facts.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2021
“Fiction books are usually put on the shelf in alphabetical order by the author’s last name. Nonfiction titles are classified according to the Dewey decimal system.”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
