How to Use inner in a Sentence

inner

adjective
  • She led the guests to an inner room.
  • This is the time to shoot your shot, for your inner child’s sake.
    Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 5 June 2023
  • Iris might have been her inner white girl in some ways.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 June 2023
  • Even Cara was granted more inner life over the course of the season.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The inner ridges could be slightly taller to help keep food out of moisture in the bottom of the pan.
    Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But what Thomas does bring is a sense of inner torment.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • However, apps can move from the outer screen to the inner one.
    Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 26 July 2023
  • Earth’s inner core seems to remain in a constant state of change.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
  • And at its best, rap can seem like an act of inner channeling, of making the body and mind one.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2023
  • She has been strangled by the inner cord that runs through the center of the window blind behind her crib.
    Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The area has inner doors that divide the aircraft’s outer doors from the cabin, so the sense of calm remains.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Tiny white spots on the inner cheeks, gums and roof of mouth two to three days after symptoms begin.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Tap into your inner strength, and take care of yourself.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 19 Aug. 2023
  • My inner voice talks to me like Katie Hopkins talks about fat people.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The inner pot is dishwasher safe but all of the other parts are hand wash only.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
  • The inner fill makes up the majority of the weighted blanket's weight.
    Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 20 June 2023
  • Ask me your questions or tell me your inner musings about tech at shira.ovide@washpost.com.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
  • Megan Hilty is ready to get her inner Madeline Ashton on!
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2023
  • This consists of straining pet hair and flushing the brush roller and inner tubing.
    Terri Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2023
  • Your inner child may want freedom to play during the Cancer moon.
    USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • But Mimas has shown no outward hints of an inner ocean.
    Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Darrel Hunter captured quite a few deeply thought out ‘fits that made our inner child smile.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The person, place, or thing inspiring me the most lately: My inner child.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • There is much debate about whether the outer cookie or the inner filling is best.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Huber and her colleagues scraped six samples from the leftover balm found in the inner wall and base of the two containers.
    Popular Science, 31 Aug. 2023
  • End of carousel There is an inner, younger version of you who desperately wants to be loved and cared for.
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Among the parts available is a kit to replace the Pixel Fold’s flexible inner screen.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Three years later, another way to feed your inner Seoul has appeared in the Gem State.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Likewise, the Platform Camper would benefit from a lantern-friendly strap on the inner portion of the tent's roof.
    Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 28 May 2023
  • The menu at 4 Charles is an extravagant appeal to one’s inner child, which is to say that it could have been drawn up by Richie Rich.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024

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