How to Use post office in a Sentence

post office

noun
  • Are banks and post offices open?
    — Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2026
  • That is not what the post office is equipped to do.
    — John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Are banks, post offices closed?
    — Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Edith Rivera works nights at the post office.
    — Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • There is a gas station and a post office.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Who is going to open the post office?
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • It was instead held at the post office.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
  • What does that mean for your local post office and more?
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Don’t ask me to support the post office any more.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
  • The town hall and post office have yet to reopen.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Johnson has made it as far as the post office five blocks away.
    — Sarah Feldberg, Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Those neighbors have had to pick up their mail at the post office.
    — David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Will post office rule change how mail is processed?
    — Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Are banks and post offices closed today?
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Four of her packages haven’t even been scanned at the post office.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2020
  • And my den looked like the post office with all the cards and letters.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • But life at the post office presses on over the course of three years.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • His mother works for the post office.
    — Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats shouldn’t be scared of changing how the post office is run.
    — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The post office did a check of their places and there’s nothing there.
    — Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The lodge has a country store and post office that is open year-round.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
  • There’s a move afoot to get the old post office to return to its old roots at the store.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • His mother worked two jobs, at a hotel and at the post office.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Is the post office open on Christmas?
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Is the post office open on Juneteenth?
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • There is no school, post office or police station in the town.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Elsewhere in town, a car is parked in the middle of the post office.
    — Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • Amenities such as shopping or post office trips are a thing of the past.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2021
  • The diner is squished between a bank and post office.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
  • But how about that groovy Dutch Flats plaque at the old post office?
    — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026

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