How to Use convenience store in a Sentence

convenience store

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Pryor was seen on surveillance footage in a convenience store in the area during that time, Clark said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In March, however, the state’s highest court ruled against the convenience store owners who had challenged the new rule.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • The buyer plans to develop a gas station and convenience store on part of the property.
    Kathy Jumper, al, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The budding director was a film school dropout and had penned the screenplay while working at a New Jersey convenience store called the Quick Stop.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The gunfire call led responding officers to a convenience store where a bystander there had been shot in the leg.
    Steve Almasy, CNN, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The two first engage him in a rear stairwell of the building, behind a convenience store also on the lower level.
    Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
  • In a video of the wedding posted on YouTube on Feb. 15, the bride and groom are seen walking arm-in-arm through the convenience store into the bathroom, surrounded by a crowd.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
  • At its base is a convenience store, complete with a grocery section and a slushie machine.
    Alida Nugent, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Not nearly enough to mimic a full convenience store, but there are crunchy seaweed snacks and spicy crackers.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
  • But things took a turn after the father emerged from the convenience store and found his eldest daughter missing from their car.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Shopping centers, falafel shops and convenience stores were all closed.
    Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Cars were set on fire and a local convenience store was also damaged, police said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 July 2024

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