How to Use bookstore in a Sentence

bookstore

noun
  • Is that a bookstore back in the mall?
    — Alexandra Phelps june 12, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
  • The meet-cute took place in a bookstore.
    — Rebecca Ackermann, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Where did the mall bookstore go?
    — Alexandra Phelps june 12, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026
  • That’s why bookstores don’t use it.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Bring this list with you on your next trip to the bookstore.
    — Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • We got married in a bookstore and ate great food and danced with our friends.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • For book lovers, this will mean seeking out the best bookstore on your trip.
    — Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Think jazz clubs, speakeasy lounges, bookstores, and movie theaters.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The bookstore isn’t just a place to buy books, although that’s of course part of it.
    — Kate Broad july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
  • That four-hour bookstore search in 2019?
    — Essence, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Anyone can go to a bookstore and see shelves of books on success.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2024
  • This bookstore is an ode to joy—the joy of reading and living.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Tsai still loves going to bookstores or going out to eat alone.
    — Rainesford Stauffer, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Now, people see my name in the bookstore and turn to me for advice.
    — Martin Rowinski, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Aw, the kids in Tom’s life want to go see the bookstore lady!
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The announcement tops off a busy few months of bookstore news.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2022
  • This is a place of learning, those books belong at the bookstore.
    — Gavin Good, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Check the website of your favorite bookstore to see what else is planned.
    — Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Long live the oddball bookstore.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • What the heck, print some T-shirts for the bookstore or something.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 10 Oct. 2021
  • This small, old-school bookstore just downtown, is home to a range of both new and used books.
    — Angela Lian, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
  • There’s a saying in the book world that nobody opens a bookstore to get rich.
    — Mark Pearson, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • All of those bookstores set aside a healthy amount of space for books in Spanish.
    — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Pick them up curbside from your local bookstore, bring them home and shut the doors.
    — Scott Bradfield, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The timing couldn’t have been worse for the fledgling bookstore.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The theme of the work is what matters, not a book’s placement on the bookstore shelves.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Oprah then suggested the name to the bookstore’s founders.
    — Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025

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