inside of

preposition

: inside

Examples of inside of in a Sentence

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Hours after the attack, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said authorities found the bodies of three of the suspect's close family members -- two women and a man -- inside of his home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city about 100 miles northeast of Krakow. — Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026 The team used a small laser beam — about one-tenth the diameter of a human hair — to analyze the tiny grains and crystals inside of the samples. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026 For that reason, Yedlin, Johnson, and Cameron don’t necessarily want to support multiple looks inside of Chromagraph. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026 The trio will be bunched together inside of a circle measuring only about 2½ degrees in diameter. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inside of

Word History

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of inside of was in 1836

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“Inside of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inside%20of. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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