inward
Example Sentences
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But she had died, nine years ago, and his father had contracted, as if a weight had settled on him and concertinaed him downward and inward.
From Literature
Singh's voice - inward and raw - had the opposite effect, reintroducing vulnerability to Bollywood audiences as an acceptable emotion.
From BBC
I can almost feel the satisfaction, the inward chuckle that must have accompanied the writing of it.
From Los Angeles Times
Hotel architects installed pocket doors that don’t require space to swing inward or outward, but have mechanisms that are costly to maintain.
Instead of retreating inward, Julie pushed herself to look outward for a way to matter.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
