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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tina Fey then enters the proceedings as Rita, next-door neighbor of the first Maggie to wind up dead.
    Michael Nordine, Variety, 15 June 2023
  • At dusk, my next-door neighbors set up their firepit, and neighbors on the block all gravitated over.
    Dylan Tupper Rupert, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Borland said her well and those of her next-door neighbors have some of the worst contamination.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Other footage showed a blast at the building next-door, caused by what the Israeli military said was an Israeli strike.
    Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Our next-door neighbors, Julie and Mike, were the kind of people who became a second family.
    Cathy Goedde, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The female victim stumbled out of the home and onto the porch of their next-door neighbor while bleeding profusely.
    Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 18 May 2024
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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Then another sign went up in the front yard of the townhouse next door.
    Washington Post, 7 May 2022
  • On Main Street, there was, like, a gay and lesbian bookshop right next door to the gun shop.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • The scene packed the parking lots and drew guests from next door to several towns away.
    Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Adding to her concerns, Rachel revealed a new coffee shop is set to open right next door to Buddies.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Somehow the flames skipped over a patch of grass next door, giving Quincy the perfect spot for a game of fetch while Risa and her team begin work.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025

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