thrift shop
Example Sentences
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She found one for around $125, which is much lower than the price for a new bag, but considered it a bit expensive and is now looking for something else from a thrift shop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
The defence in its opening statement claimed the case is like a "puzzle from a thrift shop" as it has pieces missing and there is not a complete picture.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
A favorite dress found in a thrift shop in Joshua Tree that I was hoping to wear but then, after a quick stab of regret, I realized it’s gone, along with everything else.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025
And then someone took me to a thrift shop, and my life changed.”
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025
“The clothes weren’t even secondhand, so much as third- or fourth-hand. There was a pretense here. It’s like she went to a thrift shop and searched for Eighties Prep. I mean, a monogrammed sweater?”
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
