Sears

American  

[seerz] / sɪərz /

noun

1. Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.

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Example Sentences

American GIs brought swing records, Lucky Strike cigarettes and the Sears Roebuck mail-order catalog to Inuit residents who embraced the possibilities of 20th-century life.

From The Wall Street Journal

Following the fire, the school operated virtually for several months and, in mid-April of 2025, moved into a former Sears department store in Santa Monica.

From Los Angeles Times

“And if somebody has a cake, they put it in a Sears, Roebuck sack and pretend it’s something they bought, and then they go in there and eat it where nobody can see them. And they don’t let anybody in who doesn’t know the password.”

From Literature

Jackson, a child of the Depression who grew up on a farm outside Carrollton, Ga., was among the most successful announcers in the history of television, but maintained a bit of that mentality of the kid who had to use pages of the Sears catalog for toilet paper.

From Los Angeles Times

In a dimly lit French restaurant in Sapporo, the biggest city on the main northern island of Hokkaido, chef Kiyoshi Fujimoto sears rolled up meat from a brown bear, before popping it into a pot of red wine sauce.

From Barron's