How to Use strip mall in a Sentence

strip mall

noun
  • There were four storefronts in the strip mall.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Because the center is not a strip mall.
    — Celia Gruber, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
  • The stores in the strip mall seemed to be nicely painted and busy.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
  • With outside funding, the club moved to a mid-tier strip mall.
    — Kashmir Hill, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2019
  • The last stop on Yvan’s tour is at a strip mall some distance away.
    — Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
  • Oaxacan mole from a strip mall.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Fitzpatrick said, standing in front of the strip mall where the fight took place.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Debris from the gas station could be found as far away as a strip mall across the street.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • The new strip mall is expected to open before the end of the year.
    — Scott Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2018
  • Bath & Body Works is among those shifting stores to strip malls.
    — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 27 July 2023
  • The area, crammed with fast-food chains and strip malls, might initially not look like much.
    — Katie Chang, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The Feng's door neighbors in the same strip mall got hit harder.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 6 May 2022
  • Leave downtown to find a couple of pearls tucked into dingy strip malls.
    — Peter Cameron, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Weis, who was homeless, frequently stopped by a pub in the same strip mall.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The idea that the fanciest restaurant in town is in a strip mall is very odd to me!
    — Joshua Rivera, GQ, 13 June 2018
  • Players changed across the street in a strip mall next to a Wienerschnitzel.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • Nephew's, in a strip mall on Metairie Avenue, is a bit hard to find.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 25 May 2018
  • The toy rockets were a local landmark in a stretch of copy-and-paste strip malls.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2018
  • The reason for shuttering in the strip mall?
    — Michael Deeds january 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026
  • As the late afternoon sun waned, a large crowd milled slowly in a grassy park next to a strip mall.
    — Bob Ortega, CNN, 19 May 2018
  • The empty 34-acre strip mall remains fenced in, though a few spots have been breached.
    — Zoë Jackson, Star Tribune, 2 June 2021
  • In the humid church at a Maryland strip mall, the casket was open.
    — Mary Claire Molloy, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • Bellaphant ran toward a strip mall across Clarence Street.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Firefighters contained the blaze to one of the three spaces in the strip mall.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Tucked into a strip mall, Cadence is easy to overlook.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 27 Apr. 2026
  • To be clear, while vacancies are growing in strip malls, the rents are still rising.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Dave Marecheau plays with his daughter, Phoenix, in a strip mall parking lot.
    — Washington Post, 6 June 2020
  • Tiny but mighty FreshCo Fish in a Kendall strip mall.
    — Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Lawler described the building as an older strip mall that is at least 50 years old.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • There is a gaming establishment in that strip mall.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026

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