outward

Example Sentences

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Underlying all that is the fragile ego of a state whose outward brassiness is often a cover for an inferiority complex stoked by its glittering neighbor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

According to this interpretation, the force of the collision pushed land outward into the Northern Hemisphere, creating Hell as a giant crater reaching upward from below.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

You want the straight side of each triangle to face outward while both triangles’ angled sides face inward toward each other.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Some approaches take the current state of the universe as given and work outward from there.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

It turned a pinkish shade that matched the inside of his palms, and then as the color spread outward, it took on the deep brown, nearly black, color of his skin.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste