Example sentences for: mom-and-pop

How can you use “mom-and-pop” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • We watch out for the S.Q. Sureté du Québec (police) on the autoroute interstate; if you are going to the dépanneur handy store (a mom-and-pop store), stop at the S.A.Q. Société des Alcools du Québec (liquor store).

  • "Crush the small, independent, mom-and-pop child pornographers with lower prices, endless unlimited browsing, and exotic coffees."

  • Before the Internet, you went to the mall because it was cheaper than mom-and-pop stores, and you went from one mall store to the next because you were already there.

  • With its friendly taverns, street booksellers, and mom-and-pop shops, it frequently seems like a small — albeit densely populated-Spanish town, and it is easily covered on foot.

  • It is lined with shops, tapas bars, clothing boutiques, and mom-and-pop stores; traffic moves slowly down either side, but the center is pedestrian-only and is considerably more relaxed than the lower Ramblas.


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