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'shelf' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'shelf' with 20 example sentences.


shelf noun

: a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

: a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water


  • He put the book on the shelf.
  • He placed the plates on the top shelf.
  • This summer, I plan to read every book on these three shelves.
  • Put it back on the shelf.
  • He took the heavy box down from the shelf.
  • I'm too short to reach the top shelf.
  • He is too short to get at the book on the shelf.
  • The store shelves are empty.
  • Which shelf do you want me to put it on?
  • Your comic books are on the shelf.
  • My father made a shelf for me.
  • The apple is on the shelves, next to the pot.
  • I like the red ones on the shelf.
  • She put her CDs in a row on the shelf.
  • The drugs on the shelf can be freely sold.
  • He hit his head on the shelf.
  • My mother put a large vase on the shelf.
  • I'm wiping the shelves.
  • Andrew is fixing some shelves in the bedroom.
  • What are the measurements of the shelf?
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