How to Use neat in a Sentence

neat

adjective
  • Fold the paper to make a neat edge.
  • The store is always busy but they manage to keep the shelves stocked and neat.
  • He keeps his apartment neat and clean.
  • She's a neat person who has traveled a lot.
  • There is, unfortunately, no neat solution to the problem.
  • He's got a neat way of memorizing information.
  • This one is a bit more sparse than the Pleiades, but still neat to see.
    — Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • His hands, adorned with rings, lie at his sides on the neat white linens.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Sure would be neat to have Face ID on the Mac right about now!
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The street is free of trash, the houses are neat and maintained.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The show is clear-eyed and irony-free, the plot laid out in neat, straight planking.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Once in the city, the sides of roads and sidewalks are blocked by neat piles of sawed pine and oak trunks.
    — James Call, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Place each radish on the base of the egg slicer and gently press down to create neat slices.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • The boards weren’t measured and cut to fit at nice, neat right angles.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The machining on the parts is neat and clean, and all the folding joints were tight and smooth.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2023
  • But to be able to break it, be a part of that, is really neat.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • For those who like to have a neat crease in their pants, a crease tool might be in order.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Shirts have ties that can be fixed at the neck and waist in neat bows, or left loose to switch up the silhouette.
    — Ellie Pithers, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2023
  • A lot of the gifts [our families] give us don’t come in the neatest packages.
    — Jean Guerrero, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Sure enough, the four-month-old image showed neat rows of something abloom in the Croft backyard.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Theirs is one of a collection of streets lined with neat, ranch‐style homes, single‐family, with small front yards.
    — Alex Mar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2023
  • In a neat trick, Eliot makes the case for Zionism both philo-Semitic and anti-Semitic at the same time.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Everything was so neat, even the blanket — same as you.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2023
  • He was struck by how neat the second-floor apartment was.
    — Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Bathrooms are small but neat with good lighting, slick green tiles, and blonde wood.
    — Andrea Whittle, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Baskets can also be a good option for items around the house that might not necessarily need to be wrinkle-free or neat.
    — Jodi Gonzalez, The Spruce, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The fairy‑tale framing came from the culture around her, which wanted a neat ending from someone whose career has never been neat.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Even if these picks aren’t the most valuable, this was a neat win for the Bulls to kick off a busy week.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Not to sound lazy, but there are some pretty neat inventions that have come along to make this process much easier.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Rochelle typed six section signs — § — in a neat column at the top of the page.
    — Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026

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