department store

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Left to talk, Jacobs whirls through stories of past, present and future: anecdotes about his grandmother planning her lunch spot around which department store she’d spend the day at, and memories of Bob Fosse films.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

“The department store pressure and the off-price success are not coincidental,” Siegel said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The department store chain posted a larger-than-anticipated drop in sales for its latest quarter and guided for its fifth straight year of declining comparable sales.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

When a department store approached us about carrying Tibi, we didn’t have to deliberate.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

The red velvet that had flown all over the snow that day when she and Lena and her mother had walked past the hospital on their way to the department store.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison