inwardness
Example Sentences
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Martin Luther’s personal spiritual struggles brought St. Paul’s inwardness to its fullest expression; after Luther, Mr. Persico writes, “God no longer resided in the heavens, but in the human heart.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
Herman Melville in particular — one of the “great explorers of inwardness, mystery and the inexplicable” — became a companion spirit, traveling some of the same paths as Iyer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
The book liberated and celebrated the experience of inwardness amid the American obsession with outward “likability” and charismatic confidence.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
Even before he was famous, Damon’s impulse as an actor has always been toward a certain inwardness, an emotional mutability he identified in his idols early on.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2021
Obinze, with his air of calm and inwardness, made it even more intriguing.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
