How to Use convenience store in a Sentence

convenience store

noun
  • Bedlion said that in one case, a man brandished a gun at a nearby convenience store and hid the weapon in a tent.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 25 May 2022
  • Once reaching the convenience store, the suspect opens the door and pulls out a gun from his waistband.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 20 June 2022
  • Most convenience stores are located in easy-to-get-to locations.
    Shep Hyken, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Japanese convenience stores, or konbini, are the best place for food on a budget.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Police in Philadelphia are looking for the suspect of a robbery who fled from a convenience store after the owner pulled a gun on him.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 16 June 2022
  • The officers pursued the suspect and Harris crashed into a convenience store, where he was taken into custody.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 15 June 2022
  • And in one particularly heartwarming scene, Baby ran into the mother of a former friend at a local convenience store.
    Megan Armstrong, Billboard, 12 June 2022
  • An aerial view of the Brea 7-Eleven convenience store where a store clerk was killed.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 12 July 2022
  • When the convenience store went out of business, Luke thought up the idea of opening up a po'boy shop.
    Megha McSwain, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Hostess and 7-Eleven have a mashup for fans of the convenience store chain's Slurpees and a certain spongy snack.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
  • The building for years was a Tesoro gas station and convenience store.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • According to the country’s 7News, a man and a woman were fighting in the street and in a convenience store when the man was stabbed in the chest.
    Variety, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • He also was charged with murder the death of Ayalew Wondimu, 61, a sales clerk at the Dash In convenience store.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Most people still think of convenience stores as just a pit stop for gas, a quick snack and a bathroom break.
    Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2023
  • In the video, Cynthia is seen walking around the convenience store and then leaving.
    Kyani Reid, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The owner of a local convenience store then brought brooms and dustpans and joined the effort.
    Byhyerim Lee, ABC News, 19 July 2022
  • Buc-ee’s, the giant gas station and convenience store in Leeds.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 22 July 2022
  • Abeer Polus works four nights a week at a convenience store next to where the public camera sits on a pole.
    oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The Maverik convenience store chain is making an offer to Uber, Lyft and cab drivers working in the wee small hours of Jan. 1.
    Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The obvious answer is that Wawa is on a mission to stretch the boundaries of what a convenience store can be.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • After leaving the van and wandering in front of the convenience store, the bears returned to the woods, according to AP.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • While the man was inside the gas station convenience store, a male suspect forced the woman out of the car and drove off in the vehicle.
    cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022
  • On a recent afternoon, the busiest part of town was the parking lot of a convenience store and gas station.
    Madeleine Ngo, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The short has a kooky premise: a masked robber tries to hold up a convenience store, only to discover that the man behind the counter is an old pal.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Japanese prices had languished for decades: The cost of fried chicken at one convenience store chain hadn’t gone up since the 1980s.
    Ben Dooley, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Martel, as a young man, had been involved in a convenience store robbery with some friends.
    Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Migrants sleep on the street outside of bus stations and convenience stores.
    Paulina Villegas Luis Antonio Rojas, New York Times, 14 May 2024
  • The first victim said he was shot at a convenience store near the 8100 block of Calmont Avenue in west Fort Worth, police said.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2024
  • McClain had been walking home from a convenience store at the time, the indictment said.
    Kendall Ross, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • This flavor mashup should satisfy fans of the convenience store frozen treat.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2024

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