How to Use neighborly in a Sentence

neighborly

adjective

• She was friendly in a neighborly way.
• New York felt more neighborly, like a city half its size.
  — Zoë Beery, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• In an interview with the AP, Freire blamed the whole ordeal on a neighborly spat.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 31 July 2020
• 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
• And of course, I got offered a puff on a J by headband-wearing dude with a neighborly smile.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 12 July 2023
• 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
• Last Mile, like many things born in the time of the coronavirus, grew out of a mixture of alarm and neighborly affection.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 7 May 2020
• And borrow tools and equipment in the neighborly way if needed.
  — David J. Neal and Caitlin Ostroff, miamiherald, 2 Oct. 2017
• There’s a happy, loose-limbed, neighborly vibe in the room as night falls outside her window.
  — Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2021
• Bradley Lang, who was in the truck with his father, told the station that the honk was intended as a neighborly gesture.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2020
• But this feud goes beyond the semantics of a neighborly spat.
  — Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 16 May 2018
• Trapped: Your friend seems to have passed through the neighborly sloppy porch-drinker phase and is now parked at the belligerent/blackout drunk stage.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2020
• The structure scoops back from the corner, a neighborly gesture that gives Crescent its name.
  — John King, SFChronicle.com, 9 Aug. 2020
• Those who live on the street say it’s usually quiet and neighborly.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2021
• Dear Trapped: Your friend seems to have passed through the neighborly sloppy porch-drinker phase and is now parked at the belligerent/blackout drunk stage.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2020
• This week: a neighborly dispute emerges over a voodoo doll in one neighbor's driveway.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2017
• 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
• 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
• The best and most neighborly approach would be to walk across the street, introduce yourself to these children and their parents, and ask them not to play on your lawn.
  — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 26 May 2018
• Even as fires rage in both their countries, there’s little neighborly love between the leaders of Brazil and Bolivia.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
• On especially busy days, the place can feel more than neighborly.
  — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2021
• The row of brownstones that lined our block looked almost friendly, each with a set of stairs that seemed to promise neighborly visits in warmer weather.
  — Yael Goldstein-Love, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• 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 Milwaukee County Zoo's new arapaimas get settled in with the help of a neighborly turtle.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 May 2020
• Even with the area’s tremendous growth, locals vouch that Santa Ynez retains its neighborly vibe.
  — Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2023
• Police arrived and no charges were filed -- but neighborly bad blood remained.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 2 Oct. 2021
• In some ways, this next delivery is more neighborly than anything else.
  — Maddie McGarvey, History & Culture, 18 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024