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
• The neatest feature might be the sliding pop-up cardholder that lifts up the cards with the push of a button.
  — Courtney Campbell, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2023
• That’s the best one, man, and his neat hairdo, looking stylish.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
• That will keep your nails looking neat and clean without ripping away the protective barrier.
  — Andee Tagle, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
• Aunties with impeccably neat hairstyles zip between tables touting an array of dim sum on their carts.
  — Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
• The pastries are made overnight and are set out each morning, still fresh, in neat rows of powdered sugar and glossy icing.
  — Vivian Richey, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
• Keeping the bed neat was nearly impossible.
  — Aliyah Rodriguez, The Spruce, 17 Feb. 2026