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Because many designs in the 1970s focused on open-concept designs, noise in the previous building could be distracting for classes, and teachers had made makeshift walls using bookshelves in an attempt to keep noise out, Bookhout said.—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025 On the second floor, standing next to wooden bookshelves running as high as six stacks, Peter Sones, 62, and his wife, Lesley Sones, 64, were among the first to visit.—Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025 Those ashes came back with us on the flight and have been sitting on a bookshelf on our porch all this time.—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025 Those ashes came back with us on the flight and have been sitting on our porch in a bookshelf all this time.—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bookshelf
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