Examples of shopkeeper in a Sentence
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North Avenue began to flourish for small businesses owners and shopkeepers with many different backgrounds, including Germans, Chinese, Croats, Russians, Jews, Austrians, Bohemians, French Canadian, Hungarians, French and Poles.
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Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
Dodd petitioned local churches, the YMCA and shopkeepers to observe Father's Day – a Mother's Day counterpart that would celebrate dads.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 13 May 2024
Downtown restaurants and storefronts were adorned with Oilers banners and signs while office workers and shopkeepers wore Oilers jerseys to work.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Simon, who is generally more diplomatic in his opinions, or at least in their delivery, said that the request probably confused the shopkeeper more than anything else.
—Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
The city was still waking up, children holding hands on their way to school, shopkeepers sweeping the sidewalk.
—Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
The villagers in the study worked in a wide range of professions: shopkeepers, farmers, craftspeople and weavers, for example.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
There’s a long tradition of presenting England’s smalltown shopkeepers, pub-tenders, constables and vicars as kindly, communal folks who keep calm and carry on in the name of queen and country.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
Some shopkeepers view Fanatics suspiciously because of its potential power, but Mr. Keller, a former radio disc jockey, has embraced the upheaval.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
Dodd petitioned local churches, the YMCA and shopkeepers to observe Father's Day – a Mother's Day counterpart that would celebrate dads.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 13 May 2024
Downtown restaurants and storefronts were adorned with Oilers banners and signs while office workers and shopkeepers wore Oilers jerseys to work.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Simon, who is generally more diplomatic in his opinions, or at least in their delivery, said that the request probably confused the shopkeeper more than anything else.
—Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
The city was still waking up, children holding hands on their way to school, shopkeepers sweeping the sidewalk.
—Paul Tough, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
The villagers in the study worked in a wide range of professions: shopkeepers, farmers, craftspeople and weavers, for example.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
There’s a long tradition of presenting England’s smalltown shopkeepers, pub-tenders, constables and vicars as kindly, communal folks who keep calm and carry on in the name of queen and country.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
Some shopkeepers view Fanatics suspiciously because of its potential power, but Mr. Keller, a former radio disc jockey, has embraced the upheaval.
—Ken Belson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopkeeper. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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shopkeeper
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shop·keep·er
ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər 
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