How to use neat in a sentence

Examples of neat by meaning

More sentences with neat

• I look round the room quickly to make sure it's neat.From the entry round
• I didn't buy a thing, but they were handing out some neat freebies and samples.From the entry freebie
• Do we have any mixers? I don't want to drink this vodka neat.From the entry mixer
• Your desk is so neat and tidy — I've never met someone so organized before!From the entry organized
• She's really a neat person if you just take the time to draw her out.From the entry draw out
• He bought a neat new gadget for shredding potatoes.From the entry gadget
• The house had a neat, well-maintained garden in front.From the entry maintained
• The herd aiked his neat out to the leas.From the entry aik
• Flugensoft came out with a neat hack last week that allows your watch to warm up your car if it's below freezing outside.From the entry hack
• I'll have a rye, neat, please.From the entry rye
• The "squatchee" is a pretty neat piece of engineering, and it keeps your hat from falling apart.[2026 April 29, Jason Weisberger, “Why the button on top of baseball caps is smarter than it looks”, in BoingBoing, retrieved 29 Apr 2026. From the entry squatchee
• Westminster Abbey was peppered with everything from neat pillbox hats to netted fascinators.2023 May 6, Chloe Mac Donnell, “Coronation fashion sprang few surprises – but all eyes were on Penny Mordaunt”, in The Guardian. From the entry fascinator
• In reality, the multidimensionality of language contact in multilingual environments ensures no such neat compartmentalisation.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 9. From the entry multilingual
• At which point Orvil shows him a neat pile of folds of toilet paper.2018, Tommy Orange, “Orvil Red Feather”, in There There, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 125. From the entry pfft
• They are offcomers, a neat appellation intended to highlight their lack of local family.2017, Ken West, R.I.P. Off!: Or The British Way of Death, page 4. From the entry offcomer
• He got up and grabbed his T-shirt from the neat pile on the chair beside the bed.2016, C.L. Taylor, The Lie, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry neat-freakery
• Soon neat rows of coyote brush rise on either side, their tops trimmed and even.2016, C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills Is Gold, Virago, page 101. From the entry coyote brush
• The attic was so big, so quiet, so bare and so neat.2013, Bernardine Bishop, Unexpected Lessons in Love, London: John Murray, →ISBN, page 387. From the entry outhousey
• A woman worked a garden behind a neat whitewashed fence, a real Acacia Avenue kind of scene.2013 June 20, Stephen Baxter, Terry Pratchett, The Long War: (Long Earth 2), Random House, →ISBN, page 117. From the entry Acacia Avenue
• However, drafting does not mean 'write in rough – correct – copy up in neat'.2012, Tony Martin, Chira Lovat, Glynis Purnell, The Really Useful Literacy Book, page 191. From the entry in rough
• Neat housewindows faced the shuttling sea, to watch for Beauty in Necessity.2012, Gallas, John, Fresh air ; and, The story of molecule, Carcanet Press Limited, page 163. From the entry housewindow
• Our recent discovery of a blog dedicated to “depressive black metal” We guess the music sounds neat.The SPIN 20 in SPIN, September 2011 edition, SPIN Media LLC, page 30. From the entry depressive black metal
• Behind the scenes, the system had quietly punched a neat loophole into the ballyhooed reform.2008 September 9, Jim Hightower, “Breaking the Lobbyists' Stranglehold on Our Democracy”, in Creators, archived from the original on 26…. From the entry loophole
• Every sharia—every straight road—is four lanes wide and as neat as a pin.2006, Meanjin, page 72. From the entry sharia
• Neat cachaça put fire in your belly and stilled the pangs of hunger.2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 34. From the entry cachaça
• Each door was clearly labeled in neat German signwriting, but Dieter looked inside anyway.2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry signwriting
• His home was in a little settlement of neat mud and thatch huts.1997, Lakshmi Mukundan, African tales from Tendai's grandmother. From the entry Tendai
• Turning my old Mac SE into a fish tank has always seemed like a neat idea.1997 January 2, James Cook, “On the Internet: Pining for a Bookmark Housekeeper: Which is worse: taking down the tree, or cleaning your…. From the entry MacQuarium
• Hey, better yet, wouldn't it be neat if society raised us to expect interdependency?1992 December 19, Amy J. Pezzillo, “Do Women Really Want A Guy That Makes Them Laugh?”, in alt.romance (Usenet). From the entry neededness
• There were two of them— a man and a woman wearing neat Smokey Bears.1989, J. Edward Ames, Spellcaster, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry smokey bear
• Nasty unpolished toe-crushing boots are equally acceptable, but don't let anyone see you wearing neat woolly knee-socks.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 62. From the entry knee sock

Meaning of neat

1. adjective Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
2. adjective Free from contaminants or impurities, unadulterated.
3. adjective At full strength, free from dilution (usually with water), undiluted.

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• Meaning of neat
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• Neat in Gujarati
• Neat in Tagalog

Questions about neat in a sentence

How do you use neat in a sentence?

Neat is used as an adjective, interjection and noun. For example: “My room is neat because I tidied it this morning. She has very neat hair.”

What is a short sentence with neat?

“Hey, neat convertible, man.”

What does neat mean?

Neat means clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.