general store

Example Sentences

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Casey’s began as a general store in Boone, Iowa, in 1968, and has grown to become the third-largest convenience store operator in the U.S.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Consisting of a couple of weatherboard buildings, a general store, a caravan park and a petrol station grouped around a modest main street, Licola is one of Australia's smallest towns.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

At the time, Lincoln had been a licensed attorney for 1½ years; he still shared cramped bachelor lodgings above a general store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

She considered jobs in a factory making shoes or working in a general store, but the pay was too low to make it worth her while.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

Pine Level didn’t have much more than a few shacks for the share-cropper families, a schoolhouse, a church, and a general store, but I was at home in all of it.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose