How to Use barbershop in a Sentence

barbershop

noun
  • The barbershop sat at more than just a name-change crossroads.
    — Rembert Browne, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Bashir, who runs a barbershop, left school at age 13 to work.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
  • An 81-year-old man at a barbershop across the street was shot in a foot.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2022
  • From a young age, some as young as two years old, sit at the barbershop for their first haircut.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 19 July 2023
  • Rent a small venue; go to all the barbershops and hair salons to sell tickets.
    — Eric Roberson, Billboard, 29 June 2023
  • Many of us visit barbershops to get a fresh haircut, a clean shave, or to style our beard.
    — Essence, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Williams ran but collapsed at the back of the barbershop, police said.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2025
  • There is also a bakery and a barbershop.
    — Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The coffee shop is expected to open next month just a doorstep away from the barbershop.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • That’s why partnering with a barbershop to host the screenings made sense.
    — Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Police found one man who was pronounced dead inside the barbershop.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The man had just walked out of the barbershop and a confrontation ensued in the parking lot.
    — Rosana Hughes, ajc, 29 May 2022
  • At every small-town tavern and barbershop.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Her father dropped out of school after fifth grade and worked construction jobs and at a barbershop.
    — Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Davis owns a barbershop chain, The Gents Place, with her husband.
    — Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2022
  • His barbershop clients included many of the chefs and cooks around town, Freeman among them.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
  • My parents, too amused to be annoyed, gave me a little bit of money and told me to walk to the barbershop down the street.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2024
  • On a busy day in his barbershop, Isac Luís cuts as many as 20 people's hair.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Michael Longfellow's character said, to which the rest of the barbershop went silent.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2022
  • At a nearby barbershop, customers angled their chairs to watch the parade.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
  • As the foot pursuit continued, a call came in about a person shot inside the barbershop.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Miss Manners is guessing that the first answer came from the owner of the barbershop.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Men were growing their hair out into Afros, which required fewer trips to the barbershop.
    — Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
  • There’s also a vintage-style barbershop.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 June 2026
  • While the barbershop may be new to the Ranch, founder Tyler Peterson is not.
    — Dawn Giangiulio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Previously, the space was a barbershop and a knife warehouse.
    — Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • There is no bank or barbershop or doctor’s office in town but there is a post office, general store and a whole lot of charm.
    — Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • What on-site services are available, such as banking, a beauty salon or barbershop?
    — Helen Dennis, Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Sparks was a Black barbershop, half a mile from my first home, in Southwest Atlanta.
    — Rembert Browne, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
  • One of the patrons in the barbershop was an off-duty Austin police officer.
    — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026

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