neighborhood

Example Sentences

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The couple was looking for a more lively, centrally located neighborhood than their former town of Groton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

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

In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, artist MisterAlek transformed a Cesar Chavez mural he painted in 2021 and replaced it with a painting of Delores Huerta.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Up and down the Barteljorisstraat, shop owners were out on the sidewalk; there was an unaccustomed neighborhood feel as advice, rolls of adhesive, and tales of the night’s terror passed from door to door.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom