outward

Example Sentences

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But he adds: "I had lost something important that had, for all my outward advantages, enriched me as a kid."

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Alice in “Bodies” was way more outward and kind of no filter, said every inside thought.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Development first took hold closer to Center City, where demand was strongest, then moved outward in the 2010s into adjacent rowhouse neighborhoods, including Fishtown, as property values rose and more infill projects became financially viable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Dwayne Johnson’s performance in “The Smashing Machine,” for all the film’s flaws, cleverly reconciled the dissonance between the outward images of masculine power and internal feelings of self-loathing.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Over the centuries, the engineers and builders of the Corporation of London had learned to make the outward flow of the river and the inward surge of the tide come together more or less smoothly.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman