shopkeeper

Example Sentences

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Just across the street at the Ali Bin Ali grocery store, a shopkeeper was more apprehensive as he arranged boxes of Iranian dates and nuts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The son of a Philadelphia shopkeeper, Schwarzman grew up watching his father extend credit to newly arrived immigrants to be repaid when they could, he recalled in his Giving Pledge letter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

"Simba is very important to us because he keeps the shop clean of the mice," Austin Moreno, a shopkeeper in Manhattan, told AFP from behind his till.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

"The experience haunts me. It gives me nightmares," he said as he sat in his all-black outfit at the camp, unsure whether he would ever return to his ordinary life as a shopkeeper.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

“You know something,” the fat shopkeeper said, pausing a moment and smiling at Charlie, “I have a feeling you needed a break like this. I’m awfully glad you got it. Good luck to you, sonny.”

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl