How to Use next-door in a Sentence

next-door

1 of 2 adjective

• The babysitters count the kids' heads and there's this next-door neighbor kid who has one scene.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 14 June 2024
• The $15 drink will be served frozen, which should pair nicely with a view of the restaurant’s next-door pool.
  — Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2024
• The next-door neighbors have played just three times in the last half-century.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
• The cocktail bar will be next-door, at 2909 Greenville Ave., Dallas.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
• Our next-door neighbor passed away in July 2021 and didn’t leave a will.
  — Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• Her next-door neighbor of 18 years, Tom Matthew, raised the issue on all the neighbors’ minds.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
• His next-door neighbor was George Clooney; Jimmy Page lived down the street.
  — David Segal, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• At the top of the stairs stood a pale, dark-eyed girl about my age, presumably my noisy next-door neighbour.
  — Hazlitt, 12 Mar. 2025
• Not your best friend’s boyfriend, who is also your next-door neighbor who used to have a crush on you!
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
• Yes, rush-hour commutes are a pain and the next-door neighbors might be too close for comfort.
  — David Martindale, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
• Candace Green, Bay’s next-door neighbor, said her son went to school with Trey’Shawn.
  — Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
• My brother is my next-door neighbor, and my parents are just down the street from us.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2024
• My next-door neighbor lived in a sprawling old house that was always full of life.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
• Kiki on the River is about to get a glamorous new next-door neighbor.
  — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
• His next-door neighbor, a fellow named Roger Staubach, had dropped by for a visit.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Dear Amy: My husband and I have become close friends with our next-door neighbors.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
• The couple’s guitar-playing next-door neighbor, Ed Means, joined the group six years ago.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• The latter space, along with the next-door powder room and outdoor kitchen, was remodeled in 2021.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• Back in the 1940s Portugal looked at its next-door neighbor Spain with its paradores and decided to do the same thing.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
• The two stirred up a romance, but everything fell apart when Leia tried to kiss her next-door neighbor Nate.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 27 June 2024
• Her next-door neighbors have two sons, who have helped out many times with shoveling snow.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
• The gathering was meant to impress his wealthy next-door neighbors.
  — Anne Stein, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
• Cooper, his next-door neighbor on the line, was not as highly touted.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
• Then his next-door neighbor, Munther Ali, and his wife, Fatima.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
• Close's sister, Jessie, lives in the home next-door, and her sister, Tina, lives in a property nearby.
  — Janelle Ash, Fox News, 20 Jan. 2025
• The next-door Wendy’s also caught it on camera, Kalupa said, and supplied footage to police.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
• His family’s back yard is littered with shingles from the roof and parts of their next-door neighbor’s tree.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2025
• In early episodes—before Urkel, the next-door neighbor, takes over the focus and the direction of the show—the Winslows talk a surprising amount about bills.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
• Its next-door sister, Bar Nohm, snagged a semifinalist nod in 2024 for chef David Chon.
  — Erin Alberty, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
• The officers learned that a next-door neighbor was frequently seen with a long gun, according to police.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025

next door

2 of 2 adverb

• He bought the house next door.
• I'll be staying in the room next door.
• Canada is right next door to the U.S.
• Denise Richter lives next door but wasn’t home at the time of the fire.
  — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Jan. 2022
• The thing was, Dave was staying in the room right next door.
  — Michael Azerrad, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2021
• Ron was helping to build a deck for the house next door.
  — Patrick Hruby, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2021
• Reed opened his gallery just next door to Voloshyn last fall.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
• As for the lot next door, the El Moussas aren't tackling the project alone.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 3 Dec. 2021
• The house next door was torn down and Casa De Locos was next.
  — Stephanie Salas-Vega, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023
• The white student who no longer wished to share a room with LeVias moved to the dorm room next door.
  — Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
• The kitchen of the house that Charlotte and Thomas Huggins bought next door to their house in 2019.
  — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
• It was held at a hall next door to the park at the same time as the garden party.
  — Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2022
• The West Side Market is next door, the cityscape laid out on the near horizon.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
• The woman had to jump out a window and run next door for help.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
• But as the crew began to work, flames overtook the home next door.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
• Swing by the café, get lunch, then go to the bakery next door and get a loaf of bread to bring home.
  — Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2022
• The garage has the same shape as that of the house next door but there are no doors visible.
  — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
• His 5-year-old friend, who lives in the tent next door, ran alongside him.
  — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
• His cousin lives in a home next door to the construction site.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• The actress is the celebrity next door, our make-it-work, A-list best friend.
  — Town & Country, 26 Oct. 2022
• For The Times) Now the keepers live in the smaller structure next door to the main building.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• On the step stands a young blond woman and her toddler from next door.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2021
• Just next door to the farm is where Cascetta and her family lived.
  — Shosh Bedrosian, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Pamela Bass is the woman who lived next door to Dahmer.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 3 Oct. 2022
• Losers’ success led to Winners right next door, as well as the Dawg House.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024
• The bar opens daily at 3 p.m., two hours before the steakhouse and Paisano’s next door.
  — Charlie Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• In a marina next door, some of the boats lay half-sunken or rammed against docks.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
• The two refurbished a banquet hall next door that’s now booked most of the year.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
• The chance to take it over arrived via Hayden’s client Sean Bennet, who bought the tiny space and the house next door.
  — John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025
• Here’s her pro-tip: Reserve your spot and then wait next door at Bob’s Your Uncle to grab a cocktail or two.
  — Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025