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

These flows slowly push the bacterial colony outward, similar to leaves drifting along a thin stream.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

She looked away from her mother, and straightened, catching her breath, looking outward through the small, cracked window.

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