How to Use department store in a Sentence

department store

noun
  • The mannequins in the old department store stand naked.
    Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • This is one of the department store's best sales of the year, and no one should miss out on it.
    Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com, 9 Apr. 2022
  • The elves made their debut in the 1950s in the windows of Shillito's department store.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Carroll claimed that she was raped by Trump in a department store in the mid-1990s.
    Mark Hosenball, The New Republic, 13 June 2022
  • The demise of the the store in the middle-class suburb, 15 miles south of New York City, is the tale of the death of the discount department store writ small.
    CBS News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The department store opened its first small-format store in 2020 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Mabel asked, on our way to work at the department store, bits of snow catching in her hair.
    Colin Heasley, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The department store building was demolished in 2014 to make way for the Whole Foods store.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Carroll has claimed that around 30 years ago in a department store, Trump raped her.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Nordstrom devotees know summer is the best time of the year to score deep discounts at the department store.
    Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The demise of the the store in the middle-class suburb, 15 miles (24 kilometers) south of New York City, is the tale of the death of the discount department store writ small.
    NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Macy's closed its department store across the street from Fountain Square in the heart of Downtown in 2018.
    Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 22 June 2022
  • The case stemmed from what Carroll described as a chance encounter with Trump at a high-end department store in the mid-1990s.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 28 June 2023
  • Young soon dropped out of school and took a job in the appliance department of a department store.
    Stuart Silverstein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Nordstrom devotees know summer is the best time of the year to score deep discounts at the department store.
    Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2024
  • Go car spotting in the Knightsbridge area around the pricey Harrods department store.
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 31 Dec. 2022
  • At one time, the building was home to the Gidding-Jenny department store.
    David Lyman, The Enquirer, 1 June 2022
  • The department store giant has so far avoided the worst of the glut of goods that has tripped up so many retailers.
    Suzanne Kapner, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2022
  • In 1901, the year that Queen Victoria died, Daniel department store was born.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2022
  • She has been caught shoplifting a pair of earrings from Svensen’s department store.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2022
  • The Italian fashion house just opened a chic new pop-up cafe in Harrods department store.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Yesterday, my husband and I went to a department store to buy a pair of slippers for him.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The episode shows Raven getting passed over for a job in a department store in favor of her white friend Chelsea (Anneliese van der Pol).
    Liv Facey, refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The store went on to become a successful chain in the Milwaukee area and branched out in 1962 with its first department store.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
  • The websites of big department stores like Nordstrom or Saks are better.
    Ian Salisbury, wsj.com, 22 Nov. 2023
  • When first popularized, it was worn by men and women alike, but in the 1920s, U.S. department stores claimed blue for boys and pink for girls.
    Karena Phan, Fortune, 21 July 2023
  • The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store.
    Kristen Adaway, Woman's Day, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Macy’s and the entire department store sector have been hit on all sides in recent years.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Going to a department store, picking out [buttons], buying potatoes and then coming home and peeling them and cooking dinner.
    Dean Baquet, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • In Macy's new holiday campaign, Brie stars as the Gift Guide, helping customers discover the perfect gifts from the department store’s wide variety of brands.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024

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