How to Use grocery in a Sentence

grocery

noun
  • She stopped to pick up some groceries for supper.
  • There are many ways to grocery shop.
    — Brittany Huston, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The blind box trend has hit the grocery aisle.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • Here’s what to look out for on your next grocery run.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
  • There were one or two angry scenes in the grocery.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But the concern does not stop at the grocery aisle.
    — Tracy Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2026
  • Driving up the cost of gas and groceries.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Add the latest grocery news to your cart.
    — Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • One was going to buy medicine and groceries.
    — Daniella Silva, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But the store will be more than a place to buy basic groceries.
    — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Here are five grocery tips to save money.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • And who needs groceries and who can get groceries to them.
    — Angela Pelster, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Year after year, the costs of health care and groceries rise.
    — Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Carry your groceries back and forth rather than all at once.
    — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 1 June 2026
  • Daughter strapped in back and groceries up front?
    — Erica Zazo, Outside, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Produce to get to our grocery shelves?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • At least eight food pantries offer groceries to those in need.
    — Taylor Sisk, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • No grocery stores, no restaurants, not even a drink at a bar.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2022
  • Prices rose both for groceries and for meals at restaurants.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Gas prices have jumped for drivers and grocery bills may soon rise.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The cost of groceries and gas are forecast to have risen last month.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Not so long ago, eggs were the poster child for runaway grocery bills.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Newsweek has compared the states that tax groceries.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The cost of gas, groceries, health care, and housing is too high.
    — Nicole Nixon july 30, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2025
  • Fast-food wings and grocery-store veggie trays just won't cut it.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The groceries may arrive in a box, and the onions may come pre-chopped.
    — Rafaela Jinich, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • What cities spent the most on groceries in the US?
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This comes on the heels of grocery prices plunging the most on record this last month.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
  • What cities spend the least on groceries in the US?
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • That equates to higher grocery bills.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 June 2026

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