Examples of shopkeeper in a Sentence
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The villagers in the study worked in a wide range of professions: shopkeepers, farmers, craftspeople and weavers, for example.
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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
And there's one takeaway from talking to shopkeepers and tour operators.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
The project is a shopkeeper simulator set in a high-fantasy world.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
Oatman shopkeeper Rachel Mursick said one problem is that tourists love giving apples and carrots to the burros.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
For the last three years, shopkeepers across America have been up in arms about the alleged crime wave that has gripped the nation’s cities.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
Guarded by a vigilant shopkeeper, the shop could hold the key to the strangers’ pasts, presents and futures.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
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
And there's one takeaway from talking to shopkeepers and tour operators.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
The project is a shopkeeper simulator set in a high-fantasy world.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
Oatman shopkeeper Rachel Mursick said one problem is that tourists love giving apples and carrots to the burros.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
For the last three years, shopkeepers across America have been up in arms about the alleged crime wave that has gripped the nation’s cities.
—Irina Ivanova, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
Guarded by a vigilant shopkeeper, the shop could hold the key to the strangers’ pasts, presents and futures.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopkeeper. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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shopkeeper
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shop·keep·er
ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər 
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