inward-looking
Example Sentences
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He prayed that alliance would continue to defend its shared values "with our partners in Europe and the Commonwealth and across the world" and that "we ignore the clarion calls to become ever more inward-looking".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Accordingly he offers a deeply interior, inward-looking turn that emphasizes how Willy has withdrawn from life and the sustenance of human connection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It’s art that conveys a sense of nationalistic pride, and it’s perhaps representative of shifting an outward-facing, global ride with one that may suddenly be more inward-looking.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025
Geopolitical tensions have also added to concerns of an English language vacuum, making China more inward-looking.
From Reuters • Nov. 7, 2023
The last of these quotations is a pastiche, but the other two are real, and all are typical of the inward-looking style that makes academic writing so tedious.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
