How to Use post office in a Sentence

post office

noun
  • On the way to the post office, Nichol received a call from the Maui P.D.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • There used to be that rush to the post office on April 15.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • In heavy traffic, the drive from the post office to the U. is about a half-hour.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The man had mailed the check at the Mayfield Heights post office.
    — cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The post office sits on one of the busier corners in town.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 15 July 2021
  • The post office did a check of their places and there’s nothing there.
    — Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Are Fort Worth banks and the post office open on the Fourth of July?
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024
  • There’s a move afoot to get the old post office to return to its old roots at the store.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2021
  • That gives folks an excuse not to mow the lawn, fire up the grill or drive to the post office.
    — Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2022
  • The post office has new stamp designs for the St. Louis World’s Fair.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Trump’s ties to the former D.C. post office dates back to 2012.
    — Zach Everson, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The post office quietly closed in 1951, a sign of things to come.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2023
  • Ash Flat traces its birth to 1856 when a post office was placed there.
    — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 29 Nov. 2020
  • The lodge has a country store and post office that is open year-round.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Four of her packages haven’t even been scanned at the post office.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2020
  • There was a place called the Parisian Room, way down on La Brea, which is now a post office.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 21 May 2021
  • The ground lease for the post office on Center Street is set to expire in May 2025.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Democrats shouldn’t be scared of changing how the post office is run.
    — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Those neighbors have had to pick up their mail at the post office.
    — David Dekunder, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The post office was flooded, as was the Hamilton Cafe and Store.
    — NBC News, 16 Nov. 2021
  • And with the post office still open for business, Pray will keep its place on the map for years to come.
    — Colin Burke, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Once that lease ends, the city will become the post office’s landlord.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Over the years, the house has functioned as a post office, inn, stagecoach stop and town hall.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The post office tried to play Switzerland and split the difference.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Is the post office open today on New Year's Day 2025 in Louisville?
    — Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Jan. 2025
  • There’s shopping to do; there are errands and trips to the post office.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2021
  • And the cleaners and post office shut their doors for lack of business.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The signage outside the post office does not change to reflect the new name.
    — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Grace is a widow who works in the post office of Walnut Grove.
    — Victoria Edel, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • That could lead to an increase in schemes that try to bypass China tariffs by using the post office.
    — Ana Swanson, New York Times, 2 May 2025

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