general store

Example Sentences

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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

“I am not feeling well because of the stifling heat, but I have to work,” said Ghulam Farid, who owns a small general store in Sheikhupra, a city in Punjab province.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

At a general store in New Jersey, near the epicenter of the earthquake, the sound was so loud that the staff thought a truck had crashed into the building.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024

There was a general store and inn on each side of the line.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway