inward

Example Sentences

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Current theories suggest that the gas making up the intracluster medium slowly gathers and heats up as gravity pulls an unstable galaxy cluster inward over time.

From Science Daily

Professional setbacks can be opportunities in disguise: a chance to look inward, take stock and grow as a person.

From Los Angeles Times

China’s film industry is increasingly oriented inward, producing domestic franchises with global-scale economics.

From MarketWatch

She is a brilliant wordsmith, who had a transformative effect in literature by shifting the focus inward using indirect discourse to combine a character’s inner thoughts with the narrator’s voice.

From Los Angeles Times

As this material spirals inward under immense gravity, it forms a rotating, disk-shaped structure before falling into the black hole.

From Science Daily