How to Use neighborly in a Sentence

neighborly

adjective
  • She was friendly in a neighborly way.
  • That’s the neighborly thing to do.
    — Rancho Santa Fe Review, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
  • Young love, whimsy and neighborly moments are the soul of many of his most beloved works.
    — Plain Dealer Guest Writer, cleveland.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Plus, clearing the sidewalk is quite a neighborly thing to do.
    — Jack Holmes, Esquire, 2 Feb. 2016
  • The small cast, much like a small town, manages challenges with a neighborly wink.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The couple was described as private but neighborly by those who got to know them over the years.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
  • This is the kind of neighborly place that shelters the kids inside on freezing days when the bus is late.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2021
  • After all, a little mate-sharing is the neighborly thing to do.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 10 July 2012
  • Her dearest friends were some neighborly coconut crabs.
    — Kinsey Jasnoch, New Yorker, 28 May 2026
  • But this feud goes beyond the semantics of a neighborly spat.
    — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 16 May 2018
  • In some ways, this next delivery is more neighborly than anything else.
    — Maddie McGarvey, History & Culture, 18 Dec. 2020
  • And borrow tools and equipment in the neighborly way if needed.
    — David J. Neal and Caitlin Ostroff, miamiherald, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Police arrived and no charges were filed -- but neighborly bad blood remained.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 2 Oct. 2021
  • On especially busy days, the place can feel more than neighborly.
    — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Here's how to put a neighborly foot forward after a snowstorm.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
  • But in the face of adversity came neighborly spirit in some parts of the area.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Turns out, spousal squabbling and neighborly one-upmanship doesn’t end when life does.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 26 May 2017
  • With a gracious grid of streets and grand yet neighborly homes, Riverton owes much of its charm to the past.
    — Kevin Riordan, Philly.com, 14 Jan. 2018
  • Perhaps all of that seems enough of a proof of the pudding to cause a semblance of neighborly concern.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
  • This is the part of the meeting in which the board demonstrates its regard for neighborly concerns.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The issue has been divisive enough that it’s made the county a less neighborly place.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The issue has been divisive enough that it’s made the county a less neighborly place.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Even the small group that texts almost every day to accuse me of slanting the news does so with a neighborly tone.
    — cleveland, 7 May 2022
  • Their story is not just one about two business owners, but two friends doing the right and neighborly thing.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2020
  • What started off as the neighborly thing to do has now devolved into you being used as a doormat.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • And what could be more neighborly than offering your minor-league ballpark to a big-league neighbor in need?
    — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The structure scoops back from the corner, a neighborly gesture that gives Crescent its name.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 9 Aug. 2020
  • Internet users were touched by the neighborly love between one man and the elderly person who lives next to him.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But Hobbles is only trying to be neighborly.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Climate change has buffeted Vermont again, but the neighborly people here abide and will be ready for the next one.
    — Anne Galloway, The New Republic, 13 July 2023

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