neighborly

Example Sentences

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That’s why we’re looking for Los Angeles’ most neighborly neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

That’s something maybe the mayor would have to put as a moral question to the city, asking New Yorkers to do the neighborly thing: keeping all of our sidewalks and communities clean for everyone else.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

We aren’t that many years removed from the neighborly “Be Kind, Rewind” stickers on rented videocassettes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Neighbors hold back from neighborly gestures — no longer joining in celebrations, or knocking to inquire in moments of pain.

From New York Times • May 18, 2024

“I asked Justice Strauss to participate because I wanted to be neighborly, as well as fatherly.”

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket