department store

Example Sentences

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Originally a huge music department store which sold records and instruments, the building had been slated for demolition after the store filed for insolvency in 1995.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

As fast as she could, my mother went to the schoolbook section of Gimbel’s department store and brought home teachers’ reading books.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

She said she used to purchase fabrics from the luxury department store Liberty London and her mother-in-law bought her a sewing machine and encouraged her to sew.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Grilled "kabayaki" using fully farmed eel will be sold from May 29 at a department store in Tokyo and several other outlets including online shops in Japan.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

“This wight was discovered working in an American department store at Christmas. He was able to interact with a great many children in a remarkably short time—touching them, interrogating them—screening for signs of peculiarity.”

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs