Definition of indoors
: in or into a building
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Examples of indoors in a Sentence
The game will be played indoors.
He worked indoors all afternoon.
We went indoors when it began to rain.
Recent Examples of indoors from the Web
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Some 210,000 people were in areas subjected to evacuation orders, though only some of them usually show up at shelters, especially at night when people are advised to stay indoors.
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Some residents along Welch Road reported receiving an early morning emergency alert that warned them to stay indoors.
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Close all windows, turn on the air conditioner and stay indoors.
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The Department of Health recommends residents with breathing issues should limit outside activities and stay indoors.
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Dangerous volcanic haze has now drifted some 4,000 miles away to the US territory of Guam, which warned residents with respiratory problems to stay indoors if the haze was visible.
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Dubbed Hacienda de la Paz, the home has a spa, a lap pool and a tennis court whose walls are decorated with trompe l’oeil paintings — all of it indoors and subterranean.
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Additional improvements include remodeling the apartments, adding a fitness center, moving resident mailboxes indoors and resurfacing the parking lots.
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Shower within two hours of coming back indoors and tumble dry your clothes on high heat for 10 minutes to kill ticks.
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First Known Use of indoors
1832
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Definition of indoors for Students
: in or into a building
- These games are played indoors.
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