book off
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Plagued by insomnia, the 11-year-old British boy pulled a slender book off his mother’s shelf, one she had swiped from school where she taught.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
And: Can you grab that book off the top shelf for me?
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2023
He seems to imply that this task is left to the reader, but that leaves too much to us, and lets the author of this stimulating book off the hook too easily.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2021
Another woman walked in with her black-and-white Papillon, pulled a papillon book off the shelf and sat down to read it with her dog in her lap.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2019
Working up the nerve to actually take the book off the shelf took a few minutes.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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