1
: of or relating to the interior of a country
2
chiefly British
: not foreign : domestic
: the interior part of a country
: into or toward the interior
Examples of inland in a Sentence
Adverb
They traveled inland from the sea.
They live inland about three miles.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025
Overnight lows are expected to dip into the low 40s in most of the region and into the high 30s in the most inland places.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
The winds raced in from the east, rather than the normal inland approach off the ocean.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
Save time for a cultural immersion, with a quick detour inland: Montgomery’s extraordinary Equal Justice Initiative has expanded its most recent opening, the 17-acre Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, featuring work by Charles Gaines, Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, and more artists.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Last year, the NHC started issuing an experimental cone map that included inland hazards, such as hurricane warnings well up into Georgia for Hurricane Helene.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2025
Overnight lows are expected to dip into the low 40s in most of the region and into the high 30s in the most inland places.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
Historically, March begins the Great Lakes shipping season where commodities like cement, wheat, lumber, coal, iron ore and other products are transported by commercial boats across the inland seas to and from deep-water ports.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
The winds raced in from the east, rather than the normal inland approach off the ocean.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Adverb
Conditions are dry with light winds that will slowly point further inland in the afternoon.
—Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
Save time for a cultural immersion, with a quick detour inland: Montgomery’s extraordinary Equal Justice Initiative has expanded its most recent opening, the 17-acre Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, featuring work by Charles Gaines, Kwame Akoto-Bamfo, and more artists.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Inland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inland. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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inland
1 of 3 adjective
in·land
ˈin-ˌland 
-lənd
: of or relating to the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries
inland
2 of 3 noun
: the part of a country away from the coast or boundaries : interior
inlander
noun
-ˌlan-dər
-lən-
inland
3 of 3 adverb
: into or toward the area away from a coast
traveled inland
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