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

“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

Minnesota is a state with a deep history of civic involvement and neighborly collaboration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

“I thought we were neighborly hanging out … because I don’t date my neighbors.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2024

After a few minutes of neighborly chitchat, we all drifted toward our stations in the processing shed.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan