How to Use inwardly in a Sentence
inwardly
adverb- She was outwardly calm but inwardly nervous.
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Nella groaned inwardly and clenched a fist beneath her desk.
—Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 1 June 2021
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Much of the despair among teenagers and young adults has been inwardly directed, with soaring rates of self-harm and suicide.
—New York Times, 2 June 2022
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But inwardly Kim was struggling with her mental health after the Olympics.
—Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2022
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For the curved screen, Apple is looking into having the display curve inwardly from top to bottom rather than curving the screen at the edges.
—Debby Wu, Houston Chronicle, 24 Apr. 2018
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To be clear, there is nothing wrong with being inwardly focused.
—Jeb Dasteel, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
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The second group of HR advocates would focus inwardly on well-being in the workplace.
—Modar Bakir, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
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My last takeaway is to learn how to enjoy spending some time alone and connecting inwardly.
—Modar Bakir, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
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So as Mike enjoyed the melon later that day, Penny inwardly cheered.
—Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2018
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There are moments in the film where, outwardly, little is happening, but, inwardly, time seems to dilate to an epochal scale.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2022
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Marco learns to see inwardly: the art of contemplation.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
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Instead of focusing on the bitterness of last year’s defeat and getting caught up in those emotions with a war of words against the Gators, the Tigers are inwardly focused on their own issues.
—Alex Hickey, ajc, 5 Oct. 2017
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But those inside the state, so inwardly proud of their home, come to despise that external reputation.
—Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2017
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In spite of its treatise-like title, the novel can feel so inwardly directed that Heti appears to be writing only for herself.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018
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Perhaps, just perhaps this teaches that to be kosher one's behavior must not only be correct, but inwardly pure.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 9 Apr. 2018
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Films and works of fiction about artists inwardly interrogating their origins, memories, country and legacy could be said to make up a genre of a kind.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2022
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But like Bourne, Mason is burdened by history — his own and that of the United States — which means that his mission is at once inwardly and outwardly directed.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
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Now, as a pandemic causes so many of us to live more inwardly, Macdonald’s is a voice of introspection that seems fully suited to the global grief.
—Matt Damsker, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2020
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Thus Catholic school raised them to be inwardly divided, set against themselves—at once desiring and despising worldly things.
—Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
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Self-care regimes focus on cultivation of a mindful, inwardly focused life.
—Jeffrey A. Hall, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
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As a result, the outward empathy turns inwardly apathetic and stress levels rise while burnout runs rampant.
—Paige Francis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
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In the dedication to his manuscript, for example, North urges those who might see themselves as ugly to strive to be inwardly beautiful, to defy nature.
—Michael Blanding, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
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Physically closed in and unsmiling, outwardly surly and inwardly despairing, Autumn doesn’t quip her way out of trouble or even talk that much.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
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On the other hand, part of me is inwardly fuming because no one gave me any freebies for being responsible and getting vaccinated in a timely manner.
—Star Tribune, 27 May 2021
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But Schwimmer shouldn’t waste this opportunity to channel his gaze inwardly.
—Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019
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One of the hardest things for a presidential candidate is to put on a smiling public face for the TV cameras after spending three hours on a debate stage inwardly seething over missed opportunities and mangled lines.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2019
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In Al Jumail, most living spaces were courtyard houses and oriented inwardly.
—Dimitris Sideridis, CNN, 15 July 2021
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Many hard-liners oppose the president’s bid to modernize Iran and open it for business to foreign partners, preferring a more inwardly focused, self-reliant economy.
—Asa Fitch, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2018
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Historically, service providers focused on a few but not all stakeholders and inwardly focused on themselves.
—Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 7 June 2021
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Among the classicists, the best was Brioni's infinitely subtle, inwardly luxurious outing.
—Angelo Flaccavento, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
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