How to Use next-door in a Sentence

next-door

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of next-doornext
Synonyms for next-doornext
  • The shrine also offers free housing and food for out-of-town patients receiving treatment at the next-door government hospital, acting as a traveler’s rest house just as the shrine did when it was first established.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2024
  • 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
  • His next-door neighbor was George Clooney; Jimmy Page lived down the street.
    — David Segal, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • His next-door Roseville neighbor Tina Ruth said Farkas didn’t shy away from sharing his story.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2024
  • He can be seen on a next-door neighbor's Ring camera banging on their door, but no one responded.
    — Cameron Rubner, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • More than 30 people somehow cram each night into a next-door room under a roof pocked with bullet holes.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The couple is now recovering in next-door rooms at the hospital.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The resident said his next-door neighbors were hosting a party late Aug. 19 and early Aug. 20.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Touch it, and you’re ushered into the presence of the Armstrongs’s close friend and next-door neighbor Selma Heraldo.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 20 Sep. 2023
  • There’s new ownership at Humphrey’s and its next-door fine-dining sister-restaurant The Bottle.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Or, at the very least, to talk them out of following the lead of next-door juntas, in Mali and Burkina Faso, by turning to Russia for support.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2023
  • My balcony lent views to the next-door golf course and guests hanging out on the terrace, plus the marble bathroom had a separate walk-in shower and bathtub (score).
    — Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
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next door

2 of 2 adverb
  • Reed opened his gallery just next door to Voloshyn last fall.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
  • 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 woman had to jump out a window and run next door for help.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • There were no cousins next door, no aunts or uncles in the neighborhood to go to.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • His aunt, who lives next door, went outside after the storm passed.
    — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Madison had been told that armed men kicked in the door of the home of J.C.’s sister, who lived next door to J.C. with her son.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
  • To cut a hole in our bathroom wall to access the Apple Store next door and steal $500k worth of Iphones🙄.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
  • To cut a hole in our bathroom wall to access the Apple Store next door and steal $500k worth of Iphones🙄 2.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The eatery opened next door to its decade-old sibling, Chef's Table, last year and has caused quite a stir in Chester.
    — Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 10 June 2024
  • His cousin, who lived next door to my husband for about 15 years and was best friends with us for 50 years, happened by the grave.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
  • But a few years later, Singkawang’s largest shopping mall was built next door.
    — Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • At that time, the golden retriever next door had just died.
    — Matt Keenan, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The frat boys move in next door and quickly start shenanigans on the block with their partying.
    — EW.com, 5 July 2024
  • The fire extended to the home next door as well as behind it on Oakley Street, Alkins said.
    — Maeve Lawler, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Sally Reed looks like the girl next door, the perfect picture of what the American dream is to a guy like him.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The fire then spread to a hardware store next door and a nearby furniture store.
    — MartÍn Adames AlcÁntara and DÁnica Coto, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Benami lives next door to the Haskell home and her kids would often play with their three boys.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The neighbors next door have the exact same laundry machine.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The trip was very secret, not even his beloved grandparents, who lived next door, knew about it.
    — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
  • With the help of federal subsidies, Ms. Gale was able to purchase the two units next door.
    — Leah Willingham, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Afterward, while the car was at the wash, Tony walked into an antique store next door.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The neighbor ran next door to the father's house and both the father and neighbor pulled the baby out of the car, called 911 and tried CPR, police said.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 1 Aug. 2024

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