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How to use shopper in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Shopper means a person who shops. Example: “A wave of shoppers stampeded through the door when the store opened for its Christmas discount special.”

Examples of shopper by meaning

nounA person who shops.

  • The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32
  • On November 29 1952, a special train ran from Sunderland to Leeds for Christmas shoppers and those attending a Leeds vs.2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29

nounA kind of bicycle suited to riding short distances.

  • Every conceivable type of cycle's represented; modern stripped down carbon fibre race bikes, state of the art touring machines and humble shoppers, tandems, tandem trikes, racing trikes and shopping trikes, mountain and BMX bikes.2010, Malc Cowle, The Adventures of a Bicycle Frame Builder

More sentences with shopper

  • A wave of shoppers stampeded through the door when the store opened for its Christmas discount special.From the entry wave
  • They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.From the entry onslaught
  • The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.From the entry mob
  • She's a power shopper; she knows all the best deals.From the entry power
  • In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.From the entry headword
  • Gillian watched the overpassing shoppers on the second floor of the mall, as she relaxed in the bench on the ground floor.From the entry overpass
  • Christmas shoppers spent less this December than last year, but our store will probably see just as many returned items during the twelve days of Christmas.From the entry Christmas
  • Tagholm called for administrative change: “The responsibility cannot lie entirely with retailers or shoppers.2026 February 26, Tara Russell, “Waitrose to halt the sale of mackerel because of overfishing”, in The Guardian, page 9. From the entry mackerel
  • And many shoppers go to Aldi for its so-called dupes of more expensive, big-brand foods and beverages.2025 August 6, Julie Creswell, “Aldi’s Passionate, Cultlike Following Fuels Its Rapid Expansion Plans”, in The New York Times. From the entry dupe
  • As ever, the NRA's expert panel of judges visited each as unannounced mystery shoppers.2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow”, in RAIL, number 994, page 33. From the entry vie
  • Dramatic price reductions lure out millions of shoppers who even queue for hours before the shops open.2016 December 22, Chloe Kerr, “More turkey! Where does Boxing Day get its name, what are its origins and how is it celebrated?”, in The…. From the entry boxing day
  • But shoppers do not have to wait till the GSS starts to go bargain hunting.2015 May 25, Rebecca Tan Hui Shan, “No need to wait for Great Singapore Sale: Guide to the sales already on at retailers around town”, in…. From the entry GSS
  • But since then hard-pressed shoppers have increasingly been drawn to the freezer cabinet.2008 December 13, Julia Finch, “Stores see an ice age ahead thanks to the credit freeze”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry Delia effect
  • David Jones says more than half-a-million shoppers will visit its four Victorian stores.2005 December 26, ABC, ABC News. From the entry manchester
  • Compare cume to the number of shoppers that go into a supermarket.2004, Steve Warren, Radio. From the entry cume
  • Let's imagine that the station has no listeners and the supermarket has no shoppers.2004, Steve Warren, Radio. From the entry cume
  • Previously, shoppers were given a free ride on charges until the end of the month.1980 March 31, “The Shaky House of Cards”, in Time. From the entry free ride
  • Can the shopper purchase most of her planned dairy department items from one area of the case?1971, Supermarketing, volume 26, page 26. From the entry unshopped
  • The strike will win few friends as the capital tries to woo commuters and shoppers back after the pandemic.2022 March 23, Paul Clifton, “Londoners pay the price”, in RAIL, number 953, page 49. From the entry self-defeating
  • However, some fake masks made in China may be labeled KF94, so shoppers still need to do their homework.2022 January 14, Tara Parker-Pope, “How to Find a Quality Mask (and Avoid Counterfeits)”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry KF94
  • The Tarjay shopper pretended that they were shopping at a European fashion brand, while making clear that they knew they weren’t.2020 August 26, Dr Matthew Bailey, “RIP Tarjay: where did it go wrong for Target?”, in The Lighthouse, archived from the original on 31…. From the entry Tarjay
  • Maybe some shoppers will look at the store and be turned off by the boutiquey feeling, and they won't wander inside.2004, Paco Underhill, Call of the mall. From the entry boutiquey
  • To make sure that shoppers found the candyless lane, Mr.1985 February 20, James Barron, “Taking Candy Out of Mouths of Babes”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry candyless
  • But at Christmas the pavements were crowded with overdressed shoppers from the country, the streets choked with slow but strident traffic.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin, published 1992, Part 2, Chapter 4, p. 492. From the entry choke
  • Here is another lot—alert shoppers will buy early.1907 November 4, Strawbridge & Clothier, “The Inpouring and Outpouring of New Things at Strawbridge & Clothier’s”, in The Philadelphia…. From the entry burgundy
  • According to a survey commissioned by the credit card company Barclay, 9 percent of shoppers in Britain admitted to buying clothes online for Instagram.2019 September 25, Kendra Pierre-Louis, “How to Buy Clothes That Are Built to Last”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on…. From the entry Instagram
  • AROUND six years ago, Hyundai figured a 10-year warranty was not enough to attract shoppers and conjured up daring design for more attention.2016 April 28, Tom Voelk, “Video Review: Hyundai Elantra Offers Fewer Curves, but a Better Ride”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry curve
  • For a few days leading up to Christmas that year, Howe set up a kiosk in a mall that sold domain names to average shoppers.2012 December 31, Alyson Shontell, “Meet Page Howe, A Man Who Made Millions Selling 2 Of The World's Most Expensive Domain Names”, in…. From the entry URL
  • In an online store, the shopping cart program must differentiate between shoppers -- long before it tells you who it is at check-out time.2010, Greg Jameson, Grow Your Online Sales, →ISBN, page 151. From the entry check-out time
  • In New Zealand, those drinking beer are no longer just the stereotypical, boofish young male, but include the discerning specialist and the female household shopper.2000 May 29, J2jurado, “beer bits”, in rec.food.drink.beer (Usenet). From the entry boofish
  • All the other shoppers were mousepeople, too, each one a nightmarish assemblage of disparate organs, the hideous creation of some demented vivisectionist, some latter-day Dr.1987 July, Vance Aandahl, “Deathmatch In Disneyland”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 73, number 1 (whole 434)…. From the entry Disneyphilia
  • The signs are everywhere: there are bells and tinsel on street lamps, shoppers on the sidewalks and Santas busting out all over.1977 November 26, Kate Wheeler, “Talk of Our Town: Parade Toasts Polar Visitor”, in The Miami Herald, 1st edition, 67th year, number 361…. From the entry bust out
  • “You look like a Tourist,” says the Indian bookshopkeeper to an Indian shopper in dark glasses and a tall wide floppy black hat.1972, Gwendolyn Brooks, Report from Part One, Detroit, Mich.: Broadside Press, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry bookshopkeeper
  • At least for food retailers, inflation hit cheaper products harder than premium varieties of the same products, narrowing the gap between bargain and splurge for shoppers.2025 November 28, Dana Gerber, “Paying top dollar for a bargain: ‘Cheapflation’ keeps prices high on the budget stuff”, in Boston Globe…. From the entry cheapflation
  • Shoppers unable to afford iPhones and kitchen appliances in Argentina arrive at Chilean border towns by the busload to get the most bang from their buck.2024 December 10, Isabel Depre, “After President Milei’s first year, Argentina’s economy is looking strangely ... normal”, in The…. From the entry bang from the buck
  • Besides shipping product itself, A2 also relies on a second sales channel called "daigou" - shoppers living outside China who send products directly to Chinese consumers.2018 November 21, Gerard Hutching, “A2 Milk shareholders give new boss overwhelming vote of support”, in Stuff NZ. From the entry daigou
  • The haul video's emphasis on quantity over quality reaffirms the stereotypical depiction of female shoppers as irrational, easily swayed, and unable to resist a good bargain.2017, Laura Levin, Marlis Schweitzer, Performance Studies in Canada, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN. From the entry haul video

Meaning of shopper

  1. noun A person who shops.
  2. noun A free local newspaper containing advertisements for local shops etc; sometimes includes discount coupons.
  3. noun A kind of bicycle suited to riding short distances.

Full definition of shopper

Questions about shopper in a sentence

How do you use shopper in a sentence?
Shopper is used as a noun. For example: “A wave of shoppers stampeded through the door when the store opened for its Christmas discount special.”
What is a short sentence with shopper?
“Here is another lot—alert shoppers will buy early.”
What does shopper mean?
Shopper means a person who shops.

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