NEIGHBORHOOD in a Sentence
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162 example sentences for NEIGHBORHOOD, such as:
1. They live in the neighborhood of the airport.
2. She grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Boston.
3. This neighborhood is inhabited by rich people.
4. You will find several shops in the neighborhood.
5. He lives somewhere in the neighborhood of the station.
2. She grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Boston.
3. This neighborhood is inhabited by rich people.
4. You will find several shops in the neighborhood.
5. He lives somewhere in the neighborhood of the station.
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Meanings and Examples of NEIGHBORHOOD
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neighborhood
n. a surrounding or nearby region
n. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
Classic Sentence: (79 in 6 pages)
1 In a neighborhood where everyone said exactly what he thought as soon as he thought it, Ashley's quality of reserve was exasperating.
2 The Meades and McLures proudly read these letters all over the neighborhood, and Scarlett had frequently felt a secret shame that Melanie had no such letters from Ashley to read aloud at sewing circles.
3 She was seldom seen on Peachtree Street or in any nice neighborhood, but when she did appear respectable women made haste to cross the street to remove themselves from her vicinity.
4 Nobody knows where they are but they're in that neighborhood.
5 Even if the Yankees had burned the town completely, she would certainly find someone in the neighborhood who could tell her where to get food.
6 We were in this neighborhood in September, said one of the men, turning something in his hand.
7 The military authorities had heard that Tony had been advised to go to Miss Pitty's house, and they were certain he was still hiding there or somewhere m the neighborhood.
8 Everyone knew his affections lay with Carreen, so the news that he was to marry the neighborhood pariah instead sat ill upon them.
9 What I mean is with the scarcity of men in the neighborhood, Will could marry most any of the girls.
10 Sometimes the neighborhood was scandalized by the presence of foreigners, speaking little or no English, who had been drawn South by glowing tales of fortunes easily made.
11 She thought, however, that once the novelty had passed, Bonnie would turn to other things and the neighborhood would have some peace.
12 After Bonnie died, many of the good ladies of the neighborhood who had been won over to him by his charming manners with his daughter were anxious to show him kindness.
13 The swift punishment which invariably follows these horrible crimes doubtless acts as a deterring effect upon the Negroes in that immediate neighborhood for a short time.
14 He talked a good deal on various topics, a little politics, some city news and neighborhood gossip.
15 He thanked heaven she had left the neighborhood, and was equally thankful that he did not know where she had gone.
Example Sentence: (83 in 6 pages)
1 The bigger children in the neighborhood molested the younger ones.
2 He lives somewhere in the neighborhood of the station.
3 This neighborhood is inhabited by rich people.
4 It is a neighborhood beset by all the usual inner-city problems.
5 They live in the neighborhood of the airport.
6 She grew up in a quiet neighborhood of Boston.
7 You will find several shops in the neighborhood.
8 They hope to revitalize the neighborhood by providing better housing.
9 His ill luck has been whispered about the neighborhood.
10 The neighborhood is a mixture of young couples, retirees and single professionals.
11 Police canvassed the neighborhood, but didn't find any witnesses.
12 The whole neighborhood have been hunting for the missing child.
13 Kids in his neighborhood clipped his picture from the newspaper and carried it around.
14 We need to do more to make the neighborhood more livable.
15 In that neighborhood of New York, we were all ethnics.