outward

Example Sentences

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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

Cuba has an ageing population, a very low birth rate and huge outward migration.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

It becomes the dish’s first layer of seasoning — not something added at the end, but something that seeps outward.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Instead, it likely arrived here as part of a much larger outward movement of stars.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

He watched them, singing with them—because otherwise they would force him to sing—and trying not to hear the words that he forced outward from his throat.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin