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 couple was described as private but neighborly by those who got to know them over the years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025

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

I don’t know if she’s just being neighborly or if she’s on the government’s payroll, but she shows up twice every day.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins