neighborly

Example Sentences

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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

“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” casts Minneapolis as progressive and neighborly, a bustling metropolis located between stereotypical Midwestern patriarchal stubbornness and a feminist future.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

Located on the Ohio River 35 miles northwest of Rosine, the small farming community that produced the bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe, the museum’s readily available instruments and neighborly spirit are no surprise.

From New York Times • May 28, 2024

No neighborly talk, and wouldn’t talk about Granny, either.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns