neighborhood

Example Sentences

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A guest booked an apartment in New York for two and a half months but left early because she felt unsafe in the neighborhood.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

She remembers learning tennis on her neighborhood street and “the cracked court” at Carson High.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

They have also challenged the country’s fundamental selling point—that it is an oasis of peace in a rough neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

A rough-edged neighborhood in 1979 Glasgow is the setting for Frances Crawford’s mystery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Today, one of the biggest tourist attractions is its medieval Jewish neighborhood, which looks like a storybook village in the photographs, with its stone buildings and winding alleys.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar