Wondering how to use Inward in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as outward or inwards.
Inward meaning
- Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
- Not superficially obvious, inner, not expressed, especially relating to mental or spiritual faculties as opposed to external ones.
- Moving or tending toward the inside.
Synonyms of Inward
Using Inward
- The main meaning on this page is: Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside. | Not superficially obvious, inner, not expressed, especially relating to mental or spiritual faculties as opposed to external ones. | Moving or tending toward the inside.
- Useful related words include: outward, inwards, incoming, inbound.
- In the example corpus, inward often appears in combinations such as: inward and, look inward, inward investment.
Context around Inward
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inward
- In this selection, "inward" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, look, moving, focus, investment, orile and mile stand out and add context to how "inward" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fourth inward facing microphone and also hampers inward investment. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inward" sits close to words such as abrupt, bulgarian and candid, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inward
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is time that we look inward. (7 words)
Dennis Jenkins Jr. had looked inward for his next significant move in life. (13 words)
Of course, China’s increasing isolation from the West also hampers inward investment. (13 words)
Because you're kind of the same age that Miep was when she helped the Franks go into hiding, how much has being on set, researching, and going through this experience made you look inward and wonder what you would do in the same situation? (45 words)
It's so easy to look inward when something about the world feels wrong, find ways to excuse it inside your own mind, because the alternative is to question the very nature of your own reality, and that requires a lot more work. (43 words)
It means the permanent removal of populations from the north to the south and from Gaza’s borders inward while confining the Palestinians into an even smaller prison than the one they have lived in for the past 16 years. (40 words)
Because you're kind of the same age that Miep was when she helped the Franks go into hiding, how much has being on set, researching, and going through this experience made you look inward and wonder what you would do in the same situation? (45 words)
Example sentences (20)
By the way, the Mile-Two Badagry expressway is a four- lane expressway, with two lanes for those moving inward Orile and two for those going inward Mile Two.
As more Americans realize the housing market might not be kind to sellers, they focus inward, redecorating and revitalizing their existing homes.
Because you're kind of the same age that Miep was when she helped the Franks go into hiding, how much has being on set, researching, and going through this experience made you look inward and wonder what you would do in the same situation?
Combined with record levels of inward investment, this has laid the basis for the recent very strong growth performance of the economy.
Commiserations went to Stewart Blue in second place who also scored 41 points, but lost due to Duncan’s better inward half.
Dennis Jenkins Jr. had looked inward for his next significant move in life.
Eastwood Park Lib Dem councillor Paul Collins, responsible for asset management and inward investment, says he has raised residents’ complaints with council officers and the company.
He said, “Operatives at the Lagos airport had on Monday, March 13, intercepted a member of the drug syndicate, Ejezie Ifeanyi, during screening of inward passengers on Ethiopian Airline flight from Malawi via Addis Ababa at the arrival hall.
He told people at home to take a dumbbell in each hand, correct their posture so they are standing straight and curl the arms inward towards the body.
Instead of flimsy pins, universal socket wrenches have robust metal pins that push inward.
Inward investment and GVA numbers are lacklustre at best and represent a sad indictment of a lack of interest in Wales under the stewardship of the socialists in Cardiff Bay.
It is our own producers who are best able to advertise their own products and our own representatives overseas who are most effective in securing inward investment.
It is time that we look inward.
It means the permanent removal of populations from the north to the south and from Gaza’s borders inward while confining the Palestinians into an even smaller prison than the one they have lived in for the past 16 years.
It's so easy to look inward when something about the world feels wrong, find ways to excuse it inside your own mind, because the alternative is to question the very nature of your own reality, and that requires a lot more work.
Loubscher stressed that the Lions should look inward instead of focusing too much on the opposition or the do-or-bust tightrope of knockout rugby.
Of course, China’s increasing isolation from the West also hampers inward investment.
Siri?” and a fourth inward-facing microphone to help isolate sound coming from the speaker to improve voice detection when music is playing.
The borough has some major inward investment projects that need clarity and direction.
The energy secretary is currently on a three-day trade mission to develop relationship with companies across the renewables and supply chain sectors, and build new inward investment opportunities.
Common combinations with inward
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- inward and 31×
- look inward 20×
- inward investment 20×
- inward to 10×
- the inward 8×
- an inward 6×
- of inward 6×
- and inward 6×
- turned inward 6×
- inward looking 5×