inward

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

While many people in your position might solely be looking inward, you are also looking the opposite direction.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Long seen as a philosophical counterpoint to “2001,” the film turns isolation inward, where the danger isn’t running out of resources but being unable to escape yourself.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

He added that the set-up required a "shift in your concentration from outward to really kind of inward and making the words affect you more".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

She curls her trunk inward and rubs the object on it, testing it for texture.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen