grocer

Example Sentences

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I cook everything I can get from the expensive grocer near Hillcrest, but I want to cook something Bengali.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

During the war, just one small grocer kept his store open.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

They are buying $1 boxes of pasta at discount grocer Lidl and cheese at Aldi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The settlement was agreed upon by both the grocer and the plaintiff, but still has to be approved by a court.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The grocer showed up, and the postmaster, and the principal of the village school, and the neighbor, Abu Mahmoud, who grew famous green beans, and all of their wives and babies and teenagers and cats.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye