How to Use internal in a Sentence

internal

adjective
  • Not a wound, an internal flinch.
    Dawn Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Curved doors suggest at least two internal weapons bays.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
  • An internal scar that reminds me to be gentle with my beat-up heart.
    Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • An internal drawcord makes sure no strings get in the way of your fitness goals.
    Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Three black bricks to give the internal pot even more height (about $4 at Lowe’s).
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
  • But han refers to an emotion—a purely internal state.
    Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That shows internal combustion trucks still aren’t stuck in a rut.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022
  • In some cases, this stems more from a lack of internal cohesion than a lack of will.
    Carmine Di Sibio, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • While on the phone, she was advised to make an appointment for an internal scan.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • But said her decision to end her campaign stemmed from her own internal polling.
    Julie Watts, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Where is there an internal tooling thing that would be so cool to have and get a thing out of your way in your workflow?
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Or is an internal group of rebels assembling in Iran?
    Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Stevens was asked whether the team has an internal deadline for that decision.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Which internal or nonroster invitees will emerge to earn a bullpen spot?
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • All the branding, all the motifs are all internal, and most, if not all of them, are structural.
    Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This step may involve one or two levels of internal appeals.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Where are the internal controls?
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The country was in the grip of some of the worst violence of its long internal conflict.
    Beverly Bryan, SPIN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Others are more of an internal debate.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • At the time, there was no way to perceive the internal state of the body via technology.
    Meg Leja, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Two of the rounds struck several of his internal organs.
    Stephen Swanson, CBS News, 5 May 2026
  • Those internal pressures are taking a toll.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Those internal pressures are taking a toll.
    Ted Hesson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • No timeline was given for how long the internal review would take to complete.
    Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 8 June 2022
  • These trees need pruning in the winter to remove the internal twigs and let the sculptural trunks show.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The hardness comes from a buildup of visceral fat—the kind of fat that builds up on your internal organs.
    Sarah Fielding, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Once hatched, the larvae burrow into the host and feed on its internal organs.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
  • On the ground in Gaza, the fragile calm is already strained by fears of internal unrest.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Who, then, is this internal entity, who has no counterpart in her past or present?
    Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
  • This is the first study to present such detailed internal views of any Myonera species.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025

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