inward

Example Sentences

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"You have to isolate your muscles and the noise around you... and really focus inward," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The dam, which is 30% complete, was meant to be an architectural centerpiece—bowing outward, in defiance of standard engineering in which dams arc inward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

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 swung the paddle, and the glass fell inward with a crash that might have sounded loud in normal circumstances but that he could hardly hear for the noise of the water.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman