How to Use convenience store in a Sentence

convenience store

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Police in Aurora, a city just east of Denver, stopped McClain in 2019 on his way home from a convenience store.
    Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Buc’ee’s is a larger-than-life mega-convenience store and now has a fossil named after its beaver mascot.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The Westin offers a 24-hour gym, express check-in/out, a coffee shop, convenience store, on-site bar and restaurant, and is pet friendly.
    Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Frey purchased the winning ticket at a Casey’s convenience store in New Hampton.
    Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
  • According to the East Bay Times, one of the victims was found near a convenience store with a gunshot wound to his arm and a second man had multiple gunshot wounds to the legs.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Sheetz, a regional convenience store and gas station chain, will soon make its debut in the Mitten.
    Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Earlier that day, the two-time Super Bowl champ was also seen buying a pack of Dutch Masters cigars at a convenience store.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The Amazon Hub Locker next door shuttered a few months ago; a convenience store across the street is boarded up and covered with graffiti.
    Savannaheadens, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Corry has already buried one brother, Thomas Corry Jr., who was shot at a Forestville convenience store in 2017.
    Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • The convenience store where teen after teen cashes in their paychecks to send money home to their families.
    Longreads, 22 Sep. 2023
  • They had been shot in Smith’s backyard after returning from a convenience store.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023

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