lunch counter

Example Sentences

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When he got in, he worked in his brother’s restaurants—a lunch counter, then a pizzeria—to pay his tuition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

As a youth, he organized a lunch counter sit-in to protest segregation in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas.

From Washington Times • Apr. 5, 2023

In their vision, the lanes are lit up, the lunch counter is bustling and every time someone bowls a spare or a strike, a screen above the lane supplies a fact about civil rights history.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022

Daniel Soares has just opened this compact marble lunch counter next to his grocery and produce stand, Alimentari Flâneur.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

So when I saw him move to a table on the other side of the lunch counter, I purposely found a table as far away from there as I could find.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio