How to Use variety store in a Sentence

variety store

noun

• In the meantime, Daisy took a job at a variety store, but within a couple of weeks the store was robbed.
  — John Johnston, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2022
• There were once a dozen shops alongside his, but now there is just a single variety store.
  — Francesca Paris, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• Soon that was gone, replaced by a discount variety store in 1981, the wavy windows on the right were gone altogether.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian, 23 May 2017
• The vendor spaces where the Dunkin’ and the variety store are located were built into the new station as part of the overall renovations, with the goal of generating non-fare revenue.
  — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
• The only son of parents who ran their own variety store and part-time smokehouse, Scott now is the face of his own barbecue business, which already has two locations and is aiming to open a third in Atlanta.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020
• The pharmacy and variety store also has an awesome soda fountain with world-famous lemonade.
  — Cheryl Wray | [e-mail], AL.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• The sisters remodeled an old pizzeria tucked between a beauty salon and variety store into a modest bakery, with a new, shiny tile floor, beige walls, and several café tables.
  — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
• As nervous shoppers strip grocery and variety store shelves of tissue, Georgia-Pacific’s Naheola mill is working to churn it out.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 13 Mar. 2020
• Apples are available from Wisconsin growers from late summer to early winter, and many varieties store well in the refrigerator for several months.
  — Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2017
• The development had a nondenominational church, the Towne Theater, a barbershop, grocery store and variety store.
  — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2019
• The variety store chain is one of several major retailers experiencing a surge in business during the coronavirus pandemic thanks to consumers spending more on home essentials.
  — Chauncey Alcorn, CNN, 5 June 2020
• Moon fever took a commercial turn, as brands from Woolworth variety stores to TWA created advertisements congratulating the astronauts.
  — Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 18 July 2019
• His father had several farms and owned various businesses, including a variety store that sold barbecue on the side, none of them being particularly successful.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024