How to Use neighborhood in a Sentence

neighborhood

noun
  • The whole neighborhood heard about it.
  • They bought a house in a beautiful neighborhood.
  • And out of the 40 coolest neighborhoods to make the list, Laureles came out on top.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Years ago, The Castlebar was a neighborhood dive in Brighton.
    Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • The six-bedroom dwelling spans 8,300 square feet and rests at the end of a cul-de-sac in a gated neighborhood.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2024
  • It’s tucked away in the middle of a quiet neighborhood.
    Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Tell us about the new shop, the location and neighborhood.
    Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The girls had their own room, and the boys had one, too — a luxury in their neighborhood of open sewers and dirt roads.
    Lynsey Chutel Gulshan Khan, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The little ice cream shop has been in Woodstock for 10 years and is a neighborhood favorite.
    oregonlive, 12 July 2023
  • Linda's mom, and then Linda's sister lives in the neighborhood too with her kids.
    Alex Cramer, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The neighborhood was overwhelmed early asthe fire raced down the steep hill behind the city toward the sea.
    Joshua Partlow, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
  • While the quality of its schools, jobs, and neighborhoods decreased, a new set of residents found their way to the city.
    Solcyré Burga, TIME, 21 June 2024
  • Either for me or for people like me or my neighborhood.
    Rob Reddick, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Convenient, efficient, stylish: In the right neighborhood, the 500e is all that and a bag of conch fritters.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The apps Nextdoor and Ring also allow neighborhood groups to post camera footage.
    Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2024
  • Those who feel that the area is at least generally safe said the shooting didn’t change their view of the neighborhood, either.
    James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2024
  • In 2005, his firm won the bidding to redevelop the neighborhood.
    Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2023
  • Further inland is the neighborhood of Liberty City, which is the highest and driest in the area.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Howze arrived at a moment when the neighborhood was under threat.
    Dara T. Mathis, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Asthma rates are also the highest in these same neighborhoods, as well as parts of Brooklyn, where Pravin lives.
    Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 8 June 2023
  • His mom had asked him to go to an address in Kansas City’s Nashua neighborhood, a little more than 15 miles north of downtown.
    Selina Guevara, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Police say the suspect in the stabbing was enrolled in a learn-to-work program at a school in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The neighborhood is made up of mountain homes in private, woodsy settings with easy access to the outdoors and a downtown area.
    Mary Forgione, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Some have pools and pickleball courts; others, like the ones in Lovas and Crooks’s neighborhood, are ranch homes with garden gnomes and kids’ bikes in the front yards.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • When news about what had happened the sweet dog that always wears a bandana got around, the neighborhood kids got together.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2023
  • For Jet Setters: Polanco A small stroll through this buzzy neighborhood is enough to fall in love with its vibrant spirit.
    Christin Parcerisa Vigueras, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2023
  • This new type of chat, meanwhile, is open to anyone — users could make one for their neighborhood, school, or an event, for example.
    Mia Sato, The Verge, 7 June 2024
  • In Madison, a black bear was spotted wandering through several neighborhoods at the start of the month.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2023
  • His father, Fabien, ran a neighborhood movie house, and his mother, Édith, worked at a pharmacy.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Hundreds of extra law enforcement from across the state will also be on hand, not just to strengthen security around the United Center on Chicago's west side, but also to make sure 50 neighborhoods in the city are protected.
    Mark Guarino, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2024

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