inward

Example Sentences

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While many people in your position might solely be looking inward, you are also looking the opposite direction.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Long seen as a philosophical counterpoint to “2001,” the film turns isolation inward, where the danger isn’t running out of resources but being unable to escape yourself.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

He added that the set-up required a "shift in your concentration from outward to really kind of inward and making the words affect you more".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

European officials spent months fretting about how they would maintain security in the region should America turn inward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Thinking some faint answer came in his inward hearing he pursued, calling once more.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin