How to Use girl next door in a Sentence

girl next door

noun

• Then there's Nancy Wheeler, who goes from wide-eyed girl next door to gun-slinging badass—and her hair has become bigger and wilder to match.
  — Meg Walters, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
• The show's plot revolves around tropes that are intentionally comforting and formulaic—fake dating, jock meets girl next door, and opposites attract—and evidently, the styling follows suit.
  — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 27 May 2026
• Jennifer Garner may be America's girl next door, but the 13 Going on 30 actress is also plenty capable of putting up a fight.
  — Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
• It is considered to be a quintessential question asked to men to understand their perspectives on female stereotypes, comparing movie star Ginger to girl next door Mary Ann.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
• And in one of Fennell’s wildest edits, pure-hearted girl next door Isabella Linton (Alison Oliver) becomes a scary-horny savant à la Emma Stone in Poor Things, with a fabulous voodoo dollhouse and a questionably consensual taste for S&M.
  — Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026