How to Use bookstore in a Sentence

bookstore

noun
  • The owner of that bookstore looked like the guy in my head.
    Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2023
  • Book Club Bar in the East Village, one of the most unique bookstores in the city.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Aw, the kids in Tom’s life want to go see the bookstore lady!
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023
  • My best friend dragged me to a bookstore, bought the book for me and shoved it in my purse.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 9 June 2023
  • My mom was a stay-at-home mom, then worked at a bookstore.
    Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • The film begins and ends at a reading at the Strand, a bookstore in New York.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Bart’s Books is the world’s largest outdoor bookstore, and it’s been open since 1964.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
  • All of those bookstores set aside a healthy amount of space for books in Spanish.
    oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The line at the SDSU bookstore is still more than 100 people in line.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Dozens of restaurants, bookstores, shops, bars, and delis filled the halls and balconies.
    William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In Hungary, leaders of the bookstore chain have vowed to fight the government’s fine.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2023
  • Aside from the booming bass seeping through the walls, the bookstore grew fairly quiet.
    Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • At a bookstore, Kuras spotted a tome about Miller, and, taken by Winslet’s likeness to her, sent the actor the book.
    Diane Garrett, Variety, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The chapters of the 'bookstore' korans are organized by size; largest first.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In 1649, the city banned the small book stands from the Pont Neuf, now the oldest bridge in Paris—and the beating heart of the city at the time—due to pressure from bookstores that wanted the business.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
  • While still working at the Mercury News, the Johnsons worked nights and weekends at the bookstore in the beginning.
    Lisa Thorn, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Purchase each other a new book to pick up at a local bookstore.
    Devi Jags, Women's Health, 7 Feb. 2023
  • My mom has always worked at a bookstore, and my dad works for the food distributor Sysco.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Then in a used bookstore, a cover with Lempicka’s name caught her eye.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • And a new bookstore in Florida, a state that could probably use a few more.
    Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Four Great Southern Cooks This out-of-print title is worth seeking out in used bookstores.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The story of a bookstore can be a captivating tale that sometimes begins again in a new home.
    Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Clean out that closet and head over to Boyle Heights bookstore Re/Arte for a free exchange of clothing and accessories.
    Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • No one, of course, is loftier than his co-author, and, if your bookstore is furnished with an Oprah wing, that is where the book must be displayed.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Suggest a long, scenic walk in the park, peruse the local bookstore together, or grab a bite to eat at the diner after school.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The bookstore’s sale was first reported in December by the Archer County News.
    Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The Catholic Information Center is a bookstore, event space and place of worship.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Their story sounds like the jacket copy of a romance novel: Two creative folks lock eyes in a bookstore (in this case, The Upstart Crow).
    Eva Recinos, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
  • In the hot and crowded summer city, there’s nothing better than finding a cool and quiet bookstore to get lost in.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Inès Acosta, who helped found the club with her son Gabriel, said that there had been no public library or even a bookstore in the town before.
    Sam Lubell, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024

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