Thesaurus results for INNER SPACES

inner spaces

noun

plural of inner space

as in souls

the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions an intensely private individual, he treats his inner space as sacred ground that is off-limits to other people

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Noun

Although the story of Odysseus binding himself to the mast to resist the Sirens’ song may belong to the mythical imagination, plenty of desperate souls have gone to heroic lengths to obstruct their wayward desires.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Preachers and patricians constantly warned that, if allowed to live unchecked in the city, Jews would ‘infect’ the Christian faithful, poisoning the minds of the pious and stealing souls away from salvation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of souls

Noun

To Longwell, such statements suggest that voters don’t want politicians to force them to choose between their hearts and their fears.

— Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Previous research in the field had used blood pressure and heart rate to infer how well hearts were functioning.

— Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hearts

Noun

In 1997, John Desler, a former Ole Miss defensive back, and his wife, Leelee, bought the guts of the place from James Purvis, proprietor of Purvis Pool Hall and the town’s most renowned bookie.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
But to me, the guts and the root of the whole thing is the writing.

— Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of guts

Noun

In her second multitasking job on both sides of the camera, Girl Group, Wilson goes it alone as screenwriter, with no pre-existing material to supply the bones.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Former Gateway Church senior pastor Robert Morris recently suffered a medical incident that left him with a black eye and three broken bones in his face, according to the 65-year-old’s attorney.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bones

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Yet the deepest human transformations operate on a different layer of architecture—driven by adaptive, systemic processes that our analytical minds can’t fully dictate.

— Patrick Murphy, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
A number of offensive minds — Johnson, Zac (and Press) Taylor, Doyle, Liam Coen, Brady, Drew Petzing and others — are making playbooks and game plans easier to digest.

— Dan Pompei, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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