outward

Example Sentences

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Several are surrounded by ejecta blankets, debris blasted outward during the original impacts.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Brick buildings are among the deadliest types of structures in an earthquake, as walls collapsing outward can kill people walking on a sidewalk and even crush cars and buses with deadly force.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

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

From Science Daily • May 3, 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

She had held his gaze there in the library while her sister had slipped past her, giving no outward acknowledgment of her deliverance.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan