How to Use inwardly in a Sentence

inwardly

adverb

• She was outwardly calm but inwardly nervous.
• Nella groaned inwardly and clenched a fist beneath her desk.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 1 June 2021
• 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
• But inwardly Kim was struggling with her mental health after the Olympics.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2022
• 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
• To be clear, there is nothing wrong with being inwardly focused.
  — Jeb Dasteel, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
• The second group of HR advocates would focus inwardly on well-being in the workplace.
  — Modar Bakir, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• My last takeaway is to learn how to enjoy spending some time alone and connecting inwardly.
  — Modar Bakir, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
• So as Mike enjoyed the melon later that day, Penny inwardly cheered.
  — Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2018
• 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
• Marco learns to see inwardly: the art of contemplation.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Self-care regimes focus on cultivation of a mindful, inwardly focused life.
  — Jeffrey A. Hall, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
• As a result, the outward empathy turns inwardly apathetic and stress levels rise while burnout runs rampant.
  — Paige Francis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• But Schwimmer shouldn’t waste this opportunity to channel his gaze inwardly.
  — Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2019
• 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
• In Al Jumail, most living spaces were courtyard houses and oriented inwardly.
  — Dimitris Sideridis, CNN, 15 July 2021
• 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
• Historically, service providers focused on a few but not all stakeholders and inwardly focused on themselves.
  — Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• Among the classicists, the best was Brioni's infinitely subtle, inwardly luxurious outing.
  — Angelo Flaccavento, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024