How to Use bookstore in a Sentence

bookstore

noun
  • The bookstore closed for good before the end of the year.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • This is the kind of review that sends me straight to my bookstore.
    New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Young boys should be able to see themselves in the aisles of bookstores.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
  • My mom was a stay-at-home mom, then worked at a bookstore.
    Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • The reading takes place at the Yard, a co-working space a block from the bookstore.
    Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Maggie Banks runs the bookstore in the small town of Bell River.
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Dozens of restaurants, bookstores, shops, bars, and delis filled the halls and balconies.
    William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • There is a tiny Powell’s bookstore tucked away in the town of Condon.
    oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2022
  • This is a place of learning, those books belong at the bookstore.
    Gavin Good, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Anyone can go to a bookstore and see shelves of books on success.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2024
  • The announcement tops off a busy few months of bookstore news.
    Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The bookstore has been a staple for young readers since 1989.
    Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Later Reese and Samuels added a garden and a bookstore.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2022
  • In Hungary, leaders of the bookstore chain have vowed to fight the government’s fine.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2023
  • The bookstore will serve up cups of Uncle Leroy’s coffee.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The idea behind Yu’s bookstore was drafted in one night.
    ABC News, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Make sure to pick up a copy of The Idea of You novel at Amazon or your local bookstore.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Aside from the booming bass seeping through the walls, the bookstore grew fairly quiet.
    Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Founded in 1964, Bart’s Books is the world’s largest outdoor bookstore.
    Emily Wilson, Bon Appétit, 21 July 2022
  • 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
  • Francis is the owner of The Mill, a bookstore in downtown Manistique.
    Alexander Boesch and Lindsay Tague, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Listen to this article Word traveled fast that the owner of a nearly century-old bookstore had died.
    Peter Breen, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2024

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