How to Use grocery store in a Sentence

grocery store

noun
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  • Kids could walk to school and adults to the grocery store.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
  • Curtis wears it often — to church, to the grocery store, and in the car.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The scooter was parked inside the rear part of a grocery store.
    — Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • How to shop for healthy condiments Not sure where to start at the grocery store?
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
  • This was a 25-year-old mother of three who had gone to the grocery store and never came home.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2023
  • At the grocery store, a man shopping with his teenage son looked at me with disgust.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Fast food wings and grocery store veggie trays just won't cut it.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Everything was new, down to the shopping carts at the grocery store.
    — Robert Gebeloff, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Skip the trip to the grocery store and make your own fresh and delicious meals with Hello Fresh’s meal kit.
    — Donna Kim, Bon Appétit, 27 Nov. 2023
  • One woman suspected of theft was in a car parked in front of the grocery store, Belford said.
    — Marin Scott, NBC News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • And then Karl, who wrote these songs with us in the basement of a grocery store a decade ago, got to work with Marius de Vries.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Freedom could be going in the grocery store and never looking at the price.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The neighborhood still doesn’t have a grocery store since the 2022 closure of Lee’s Market.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The lodge also has an on-site spa, plus a grocery store, souvenir shop, brew pub, and coffee shop.
    — Rebecca Treon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Look for it in your local Asian market or grocery store.
    — Kelsey Ogletree, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2023
  • While this was down from January’s index of 11.3%, consumers still feel the pinch at the grocery store.
    — Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • When the can runs out, pick up another one at the grocery store–or seemingly at any store.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t be left scrounging around the grocery store for turkey the day before the holiday.
    — Becky Krystal, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The child's parents had left their teenage daughter home watching her brothers, 7- and 3-year-old boys, while the parents went to the grocery store.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • At the grocery store, prices had climbed so high that many people had only enough to buy vegetables.
    — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • North of Dallas, winds brought down trees, ripped the roof off a grocery store and overturned four 18-wheelers along U.S. Highway 75.
    — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • So, when there’s a sale going down at the grocery store, stocking up on it may come as second nature.
    — Woman's Day, 15 Mar. 2023
  • All this means there is likely a canvas tote out there to accompany you on any trip — from the grocery store to the airport.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Their virtual schedule was packed: a hot-air balloon ride, then a safari, then to the grocery store.
    — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Each sheet is the equivalent of a full load of laundry detergent – no more lugging jugs around the grocery store!
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Peanut Butter: The good news about peanut butter is that the most popular brands of peanut butter sold on grocery store shelves is gluten free.
    — Jan Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2024
  • There's also a standard 12-speaker Bose audio system for jammin' out on the way to the grocery store or the racetrack.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Your best bet is to hop on over to your local farmers market for fresh eggs, but if that's not an option, brown eggs from the grocery store will work well too.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
  • For most American cities, the opening of a new grocery store barely warrants a mention.
    — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The produce aisle of your local grocery store may feel a little intimidating sometimes.
    — Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024

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