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

For the first time, they became noticeable straight-on, protruding outward and appearing to sit higher on her face.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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

Its lower jaw was twisted so that the teeth pointed outward to the sides instead of upward.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

She pressed her hands against her own head and moved them outward, pantomiming an explosion.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix