the boy/girl next door

noun phrase

: a wholesome young man/woman from a middle-class family

He/She seemed like the boy/girl next door.

Examples of the boy/girl next door in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Our mopey heroine is Percy Fraser (Sadie Soverall), a 28-year-old obituary writer who grew up spending summers lakeside in a small Canadian town but hasn’t been back since her world-rending split with Sam Florek (Matt Cornett), the boy next door. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026

Sean literally started off as the boy next door, Axl's friend and classmate. — Will Harris, EW.com, 30 July 2025

Soverall will star as Percy, who spends her summers in Barry's Bay in the novel and becomes friends with the boy next door, Sam, and his brother, Charlie. — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 18 July 2025

Sandy Duncan defies gravity — again The stage, film and TV star from New London, Texas, excelled at playing the girl next door starting early in the 1960s. — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

The black, wolfish dog was sentenced to death by the Framingham Police Department after tearing into the arm of the boy next door who came over to pet him. — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 4 Oct. 2024

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, population 8,500, is the girl next door — reliable, down-to-earth and blessed with a natural beauty that changes little over time. — Tracey Teo, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024

Or Tony Goldwyn, the boy next door who is the most unsuspecting villain. — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024