inner workings
Example Sentences
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With its jokes about the inner workings of Hollywood agents at CAA and the trappings of fame and fortune, “Gail Daughtry” could easily feel like inside baseball.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
There was concern in that group that its inner workings should be hidden from the public because, as the executive order put it, certain proposed solutions “will be ineffective if commonly known.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Those recordings offer rare access into the inner workings of a fraud and the psychological tactics of a master of deception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
"Observing gamma rays from supernovae will give us a new way to explore their inner workings."
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
Applying some of the vocabulary and concepts from above will help you begin to discern some of the inner workings of music.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
