How to Use variety store in a Sentence

variety store

noun
  • There were once a dozen shops alongside his, but now there is just a single variety store.
    — Francesca Paris, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
  • In the meantime, Daisy took a job at a variety store, but within a couple of weeks the store was robbed.
    — John Johnston, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Signs posted at the discount variety store call attention to the penny shortage and urge customers to pay with exact change.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The pharmacy and variety store also has an awesome soda fountain with world-famous lemonade.
    — Cheryl Wray | [email protected], AL.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Two men have been arrested in connection to the beating death of a man at a variety store in Phoenix, authorities said.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Soon that was gone, replaced by a discount variety store in 1981, the wavy windows on the right were gone altogether.
    — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian, 23 May 2017
  • Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • My favorite stop on the tour was a variety store called Lee Avenue Photo—specifically, the toy section.
    — Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • The sisters remodeled an old pizzeria tucked between a beauty salon and variety store into a modest bakery, with a new, shiny tile floor, beige walls, and several café tables.
    — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The vendor spaces where the Dunkin’ and the variety store are located were built into the new station as part of the overall renovations, with the goal of generating non-fare revenue.
    — Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
  • Apples are available from Wisconsin growers from late summer to early winter, and many varieties store well in the refrigerator for several months.
    — Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2017
  • As nervous shoppers strip grocery and variety store shelves of tissue, Georgia-Pacific’s Naheola mill is working to churn it out.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The only son of parents who ran their own variety store and part-time smokehouse, Scott now is the face of his own barbecue business, which already has two locations and is aiming to open a third in Atlanta.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020
  • On a piece of notebook paper, Robinson-Goodnight recently jotted down in bright-blue ink the web of businesses that her family has lost over the years — a variety store, a coffee shop, a bar.
    — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • His father had several farms and owned various businesses, including a variety store that sold barbecue on the side, none of them being particularly successful.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2021
  • By the late 1990s, both Woolworth and McCrory’s landed in bankruptcy court after variety stores fell out of favor.
    — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The variety store chain is one of several major retailers experiencing a surge in business during the coronavirus pandemic thanks to consumers spending more on home essentials.
    — Chauncey Alcorn, CNN, 5 June 2020
  • For those that live in the neighborhood, offerings at the Metropolitan Bar and Kitchen’s variety store are convenient for those looking to stop in for pizza and beer, wine and other items.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And that didn’t include Barnes & Noble outlets, college bookstores, online-only sellers, rare book dealers, Friends of the Library shops or variety stores that also sell books.
    — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
  • The development had a nondenominational church, the Towne Theater, a barbershop, grocery store and variety store.
    — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2019
  • Moon fever took a commercial turn, as brands from Woolworth variety stores to TWA created advertisements congratulating the astronauts.
    — Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com, 18 July 2019
  • Discount department stores remained the most popular destination for shoppers, followed by Dollar/variety stores, apparel, footwear, and accessory retailers.
    — Shelley E. Kohan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Opening in 1951, the Broadway Shopping Center, as it was then called, also offered space for several anchor department stores, along with a Woolworth variety store.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
  • The devices have been reported at five bank branches as well as variety stores, Dollar General and Dollar Tree locations and corner mom-and-pop stores, McKeever said.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026

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