How to Use shelve in a Sentence

shelve

verb
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Synonyms for shelvenext
  • The books were shelved according to category.
  • This is not a book to race through and then shelve away.
    — Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Indeed, the film’s team did opt to shelve such a scene.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
  • The bill has since been shelved, but the protests have continued.
    — Russell Goldman, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Both countries have had to shelve their plans, for now.
    — Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Quartz Africa, 23 Oct. 2020
  • But those ideas were shelved in the face of more pressing demands.
    — Federica Cocco, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • The studio shelved the film in August 2022 in a cost-cutting move.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 19 Aug. 2024
  • But the owner of the White Gates home built in the 1950s isn't shelving all plans to demolish the house.
    — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Mack is smitten and wants to shelve her playbook for good.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The Great Recession hit a few months later, and plans for the project were shelved.
    — Orla McCaffrey, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Their first joint project was shelved to appease their son.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Hang or mount a hook rack on an easy-to-reach wall, the side of a shelving unit, or off of a storage cart.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2023
  • But Green couldn’t help but think of what would have happened had the mini room’s work been shelved.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
  • The time to prepare is now — not to shelve such plans once memories fade.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • At a minimum, Democrats say that idea should be shelved.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
  • City leaders have discussed the idea of a quiet zone in the past, but it was shelved due to cost concerns.
    — Allison Wood, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2019
  • However, with just six games left in the season, he was shelved.
    — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The plan was shelved in 2022 as Metro leaders sought to retool the agency’s freeway projects.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2024
  • The DeepMind Health brand was shelved, and Suleyman was removed from the day-to-day running of the unit.
    — Mark Bergen, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Then, the Hollywood strikes shelved, buried or delayed dozens of films.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The open area below the shelving unit is perfect for shoes, and the top of the system can hold boxes and luggage.
    — Gabriela Izquierdo, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2023
  • But this year, when asked for an update, Leyba said those plans had been shelved.
    — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • Two Chronicle reporters went more than a dozen stores in the East Bay to see what shelves looked like.
    — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • While the film has been shelved by Amazon in the U.S., it is being released across Europe.
    — Rhonda Richford, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Rather than expand the blast gauge program, though, the Army quietly shelved it in 2016.
    — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The low scrub and shelving rock of the Atacama was reduced to the beam of my headlights.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Here are 33 best organizers, from shelving to racks to bins, to help get the job done.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The musicians decided to shelve the song for the time being.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • And in North Carolina, 832 kits – about 5% of the state’s overall backlog – remained shelved because there had been plea deals or guilty verdicts.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
  • This whole project had such a crazy production history, starting as a series for Max, then becoming a feature film, then being shelved, then coming back.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2024

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