How to Use greengrocer in a Sentence

greengrocer

noun

• Turkish greengrocers are most likely to be found in the former West Berlin, while Vietnamese stores are a hallmark of the East.
  — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
• Produce for the meal was mainly sourced from the local greengrocer, Frank Vork’s, as well as the nearby Italian deli.
  — Ellie Pithers, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• In town, the greengrocer finds a fuzzy, marmot-like creature with elephantine ears in a crate of oranges.
  — Frances Leech, Longreads, 3 May 2018
• The shooting takes place directly across the street at a greengrocer located at 137 Mott Street that remains a fruit stand today.
  — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2022
• Next was a quick visit to one of Sadr City’s oldest markets, where butchers and fishmongers, greengrocers and cloth sellers work cheek by jowl.
  — New York Times, 20 Nov. 2019
• Thus the sign helps the greengrocer to conceal from himself the low foundations of his obedience, at the same time concealing the low foundations of power.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 14 Sep. 2020
• Dario Portale, a local greengrocer, and his family, were among them.
  — New York Times, 18 May 2021
• Third, visit the neighborhood markets, where people have known their baker, their butcher, and their greengrocer for decades.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 29 Mar. 2022
• The greengrocer, under totalitarianism, doesn’t and can’t have an opinion; the putting up of the sign doesn’t appear to be subject to debate.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 24 June 2020
• His father, Mario, was a greengrocer during the Depression, then worked in construction.
  — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
• He was born in 1899 above his father’s greengrocer shop in the unremarkable town of Leytonstone in Essex, northeast of London.
  — John Banville, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2021
• Hailing from Leicester, Lineker spent his youth playing football with younger brother Wayne and helping out his greengrocer father on a 'fruit and veg' stall in the city's historic market.
  — SI.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• In the usual greengrocer’s arrangement, layers of oranges are stacked such that each orange touches twelve others.
  — Dan Rockmore, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2020
• The butcher and fishmonger at the local Gristedes market catered to her, as did an Italian greengrocer, setting aside her favorite black-seeded Simpson lettuces.
  — New York Times, 2 May 2022
• The word vignarola is dialect for ortolano, or greengrocer.
  — Evan Kleiman, latimes.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• On its swarming 57-acre site in Battersea wholesalers are flogging fruit, vegetables and flowers to London’s greengrocers and restaurateurs.
  — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019
• The damage to her building happened when missiles slammed into a military recruitment office across the street in early March, nearly flattening it, along with the adjoining greengrocer’s and pharmacy.
  — Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
• Just last week, Danish brand Ganni promoted a new collaboration by turning a store into a greengrocer, allowing shoppers to not only pick up pieces from the new collection, but local produce too.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024