thrift shop

Example Sentences

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Now the Quarter Store in town is a thrift shop run by volunteers where everything costs a quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

And then someone took me to a thrift shop, and my life changed.”

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025

Lawyer Aliyah Clarke and fashion designer Kaleen Sanois started a side business called 2nd Closet - a pop-up thrift shop where people can buy and sell pre-owned clothing.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

One day she shows up in a new Chanel suit, bought at a thrift shop.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

And at the thrift shop in Fairview, as I watched her laughing with the owner about a big ugly hat somebody brought in, I felt like I was seeing her for the first time.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor