How to Use general store in a Sentence

general store

noun
  • The upscale general store sells clothing, books, home products and more.
    Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The general store with its high false front stands on the main road.
    Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Check out the general store to see the school’s line of products and spices.
    Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • That spot is about a 20-minute drive from the general store.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 16 July 2024
  • The general store on the first floor of the Snowbird Center has a sandwich counter in the back.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021
  • In many small towns the post office was in a general store.
    Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Picked you up at your moms drove to alsea general store and drove back.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The center of town At the heart of Hope is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, general store in Maine.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Elmore consists of a short main drag with the school, the general store across the street, town hall, and one church.
    Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The Mill did evolve very rapidly from an all-day cafe to a general store.
    George McCalman, SFChronicle.com, 2 Aug. 2020
  • The site was built in the 1800s as a general store, but has sat vacant in recent years.
    Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The tavern, formerly a general store, was built with the same type of stone used for the church.
    Barry Adams, Star Tribune, 17 Aug. 2020
  • No Name Pub got its start in 1931 as a general store and bait and tackle shop.
    Kara Franker, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The general store was still fully stocked, a bin of hockey sticks with prices still on them by the door.
    Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2018
  • The village of Two Harbors is there as well, with a general store to stock up on goods.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The complex is next to a general store, plus there was a handy shuttle stop.
    Irene Lechowitzky, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The antiques shop is housed in the former Dale Brothers general store, which was built in the 1870s.
    Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Plains has a train depot, a general store that sells peanut ice cream, and not much else.
    Washington Post, 10 July 2021
  • Built in 1901, the general store once served as a town post office and gas station.
    Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The eatery at the Canyon Lodge, the visitor center and the general store were shut down, Heskett said.
    Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 4 July 2024
  • The teen-aged Barnum learned the lessons of commerce working in a general store.
    Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Our lunch of turkey sandwiches, chili and soup at the deli in the general store was OK for a quick bite.
    Irene Lechowitzky, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • At a snack bar in the back of a general store, the Frito pie comes as a single serve bag of corn chips smothered with chilli, cheese and onions.
    Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • But the lodge’s general store and gift shop are to open for roughly the same dates, with restaurants reduced to a grab-and-go menu.
    Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2020
  • There’s a room at the front where the owner of the general store employed a guard who lived and protected two safes.
    Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The front half of the old-time general store is filled with toys and gifts, local souvenirs and a year-round Christmas shop.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2022
  • The general store, a short walk away, has a great selection of craft beers — grab a sixer and post up near the fire pit.
    Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 27 Jan. 2020
  • At the time, there were eight or nine Amish families in the valley as well as a general store.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The general store, bar and dance hall are open seven days a week, starting at 9 a.m., with the first act at 1 p.m. daily.
    Zeke MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
  • This kind of old-time cafe general store type place closed after the Kincade fire.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 5 Oct. 2020

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