shelf

Example Sentences

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“We’re not making records that are just going to go sit on the shelf — these are records we’re continually repressing all the time anyway.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Beyond a couple of scuff marks and some debris jammed into the treads, our sojourn had left the shoes looking much as they had when I’d first taken them off the shelf.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

I forgot to ask Coach Madalon if there was room left on the shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

But leave the megadoses on the shelf unless a doctor advises them.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

I got down on my hands and knees and crawled to the edge of the shelf and groped along to the bridge that connected the shelf to the polar ice.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell