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Nay more, there is sometimes, however rarely as yet, an ominous disposition even in clerical circles to shelve the Bible.
TO MY YOUNGER BRETHRENHANDLEY C. G. MOULE
Ah, well; then we'll shelve that subject too for the present.
The very thoroughness of his intention for that advanced date inclined him all the more readily to shelve the subject now.
TWO ON A TOWERTHOMAS HARDY
Two more rooms were taken over from the Legislative Council in 1881 and temporarily the Library could shelve all its books.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF LIBRARIANJ. O. WILSON AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY (NEW ZEALAND)
But he could shelve the side-issue, and fall back on the previous question with a sense of getting out of shoal water.
IT NEVER CAN HAPPEN AGAINWILLIAM DE MORGAN
We'll shelve that part of the information bureau and work on other lines.
A PATRIOTIC SCHOOLGIRLANGELA BRAZIL
Thus the effort of Pitt and his colleagues to shelve the Duke of York was foiled.
WILLIAM PITT AND THE GREAT WARJOHN HOLLAND ROSE
"I am not mistaken," said Gallagher, who was beginning to feel suspicious about the priest's evident desire to shelve the subject.
GENERAL JOHN REGANGEORGE A. BIRMINGHAM
These are the momentous, the pressing questions which a man can only shelve at his peril.
SERMONSJ. B. LIGHTFOOT
The idea was not altogether comfortable, and he tried to shelve it.
THE MASTER OF THE SHELLTALBOT BAINES REED
WORDS RELATED TO SHELVE
- adjourn
- arrest
- bar
- bide time
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- confine
- curb
- dawdle
- defer
- detain
- deter
- dilly-dally
- discourage
- drag
- encumber
- filibuster
- gain time
- hamper
- hold
- hold over
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- intermit
- keep
- keep back
- lag
- lay over
- linger
- loiter
- obstruct
- postpone
- prevent
- procrastinate
- prolong
- prorogue
- protract
- put off
- remand
- repress
- restrict
- retard
- shelve
- slacken
- stall
- stave off
- stay
- suspend
- table
- tarry
- temporize
- withhold
- adjourn
- arrest
- bar
- bide time
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- confine
- curb
- dawdle
- defer
- detain
- deter
- dilly-dally
- discourage
- drag
- encumber
- filibuster
- gain time
- hamper
- hold
- hold over
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- intermit
- keep
- keep back
- lag
- lay over
- linger
- loiter
- obstruct
- postpone
- prevent
- procrastinate
- prolong
- prorogue
- protract
- put off
- remand
- repress
- restrict
- retard
- shelve
- slacken
- stall
- stave off
- stay
- suspend
- table
- tarry
- temporize
- withhold
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.