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How to use nearby in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, adverb, noun

Nearby means adjacent, near, close by. Example: “He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries.”

Examples of nearby by meaning

adjectiveAdjacent, near, close by.

  • He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries.
  • In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing.2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian

adverbNext to, close to.

  • I'm glad my friends live nearby where I can visit them.

nounA futures contract, of a particular group, whose settlement date is the earliest.

  • In each of these markets the nearbys are almost invariably at a discount — a discount that tends to widen in bull markets and narrow in bear markets.1984, Jack D. Schwager, A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets, page 496
  • The deferred contract should be expected to rise, and buying the deferred while selling the nearby is then profitable.1989, Raymond M. Leuthold, Joan C. Junkus, Jean E. Cordier, The Theory and Practice of Futures Markets, page 67

More sentences with nearby

  • A nearby to-infinitive may be a factor for choosing 'in order to', as will emphasis.From the entry as
  • The sewer burst, and a tide of sewage poured into nearby properties.From the entry tide
  • Spurious emissions from the wireless mast were causing nearby electrical equipment to go haywire.From the entry spurious
  • The pilot managed to put down in a nearby farm field.From the entry put down
  • I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.From the entry splash
  • The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.From the entry calve
  • There is a large barracks in this town and two other barracks are nearby.From the entry barracks
  • When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station.From the entry coast
  • The noise and dust from the steel works created substantial disamenity for the nearby retirement home.From the entry disamenity
  • The technogenic mineral deposit consisted of waste from the nearby mine.From the entry technogenic
  • The flood victims received an eleemosynous shipment of supplies from donors in nearby towns.From the entry eleemosynous
  • The police caught the robber at a nearby casino.From the entry catch
  • We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.From the entry gather
  • She desperately grabbed at the nearby branches as she heard the branch she was standing on start to snap.From the entry desperately
  • A mouse had gnawed a hole through the kickboard to nest inside the organ; she refused to use the pedals nearby.From the entry kickboard
  • Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.From the entry unto
  • Nearby residents don't want any gaudiness in the building's renovation: they want it to be tasteful and understated.From the entry gaudiness
  • He went to the nearby coffee shop with his friends.From the entry coffee shop
  • If the town doesn't have a nearby fairgrounds, then any sizeable empty field will do for a carnival.From the entry fairgrounds
  • The opposing political party is deploying high profile speakers to counterprogram the convention with small rallies at nearby sites.From the entry counterprogram
  • This geographically challenged hospital is in the middle of nowhere: it's a 4-hour drive, with no gas stations nearby.From the entry geographically challenged
  • The hounds gave tongue as they scented the fox nearby.From the entry give tongue
  • If one were to pray alone and cannot hear the adhan from a nearby mosque, then giving both the adhan and iqamah is Sunnah (recommended).From the entry adhan
  • Seeing the tripwire of a nearby bouncing Betty gave us cold chills, and we moved all the more slowly through the woods.From the entry tripwire
  • Seeing the trip cord of a bouncing Betty nearby gave us cold chills, and we moved all the more slowly through the woods.From the entry trip cord
  • Tuesday, prompting police to shut down the surrounding area and lock down nearby government buildings, police said.2026 June 2, Andy Rose, “Suspect who took 10 hostages is dead after hourslong bomb threat at California building, authorities say”, in…. From the entry Bakersfield
  • Women dance in tight circles, ululating with joy, while groups of men sit nearby watching.2025 June 30, Andrei Popoviciu, “In Sudan, a bride and her village celebrate love in a time of war”, in The Christian Science Monitor…. From the entry ululate
  • “I’m so happy,” said 50-year-old architect Sebastien Truchot, who lives nearby.2024 November 30, Tara Cobham, “Inside rebuilt Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris as Macron praises ‘project of the century’”, in The…. From the entry Notre-Dame
  • Last April, Aq'am, along with fire crews from nearby communities and the B.C.2024 April 26, Corey Bullock, “Fear rekindled in Ktunaxa Nation community as fire season begins”, in CBC News. From the entry Aq'am
  • However, run-off from these operations have contaminated waters and heavily damaged nearby and downstream ecology.[2024 August 20, Lobsang Gelek, “EXPLAINED: The impact of climate change on the Tibetan plateau”, in Boer Deng, editor, Radio Free Asia…. From the entry Maqên
  • How would the field clinic survive if the hospital were not nearby?2023, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, pages 223-224. From the entry unbombable
  • They sleep rough nearby under duvets and sleeping bags, lying next to each other to keep warm.2023 December 22, Robyn Vinter, “‘That’s how we’ve got to live’: the black market in England’s shoplifting capital”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry sleep rough
  • A further 40 musket balls were removed from nearby soil, where the moat would have been located.2023 February 8, “HS2 archaeologists uncover evidence of early Civil War skirmish”, in RAIL, number 976, page 24. From the entry musket ball
  • If fruit flies are an issue, place small jar of apple-cider vinegar nearby.2023 September 23, Kelly Feehan, “Nebraska extension: Is there time for green tomatoes to mature?”, in The Columbus Telegram, volume 141…. From the entry apple-cider vinegar
  • They squirt out enzymes to break down nearby organic material and then soak it in.2022 September 29, Carl Zimmer, “A New Approach to Spotting Tumors: Look for Their Microbes”, in The New York Times. From the entry squirt

Meaning of nearby

  1. adjective Adjacent, near, close by.
  2. adverb Next to, close to.
  3. noun A futures contract, of a particular group, whose settlement date is the earliest.

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Questions about nearby in a sentence

How do you use nearby in a sentence?
Nearby is used as an adjective, adverb and noun. For example: “He stopped at a nearby store for some groceries.”
What is a short sentence with nearby?
“Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.”
What does nearby mean?
Nearby means adjacent, near, close by.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nearby (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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