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Recent Examples of inwardly
Regina turns her disdain outwardly, planning her escape, while Birde directs hers inwardly, seeing no way out.
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Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
And so that was something that actually gave me a lot of inspiration for finding layers and inwardly.
—Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
According to Gilbertsen, brick walls are notorious for absorbing solar heat during the day and then releasing the heat inwardly after sunset.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Never a fan of this kind of rhetoric—with which she and the rest of the country had been bombarded for years—Michiko inwardly bristled at the anecdote before the running dialogue changed tack to rumors about the new‑type bomb the Americans had just dropped on Hiroshima.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
And so that was something that actually gave me a lot of inspiration for finding layers and inwardly.
—Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
According to Gilbertsen, brick walls are notorious for absorbing solar heat during the day and then releasing the heat inwardly after sunset.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Never a fan of this kind of rhetoric—with which she and the rest of the country had been bombarded for years—Michiko inwardly bristled at the anecdote before the running dialogue changed tack to rumors about the new‑type bomb the Americans had just dropped on Hiroshima.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inwardly
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However, Jimmy discovers that Michael was secretly selling the voice and likeness of clients to AI companies without their consent and uses that revelation to blackmail him into stepping down.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Sun also pleaded guilty to charges that accused him of secretly working for China and was sentenced this year to four years in prison.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
Adverb
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Having raised Leni, 22, Henry, 20, Johan, 19, and Lou, 16, alongside her ex-husband Seal, Klum intimately knows the beautiful chaos of managing a family in the global spotlight.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
3 June 2026
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Follmer is intimately acquainted with the tumult regarding the campus.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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The controversy has sparked concerns for leaders across Lake County, and various officials have publicly and privately begun distancing themselves from the project.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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Tesla has lost arbitration proceedings in some cases and privately settled others while publicly denying wrongdoing.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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This isn’t a grabby, attention seeker of a film, but a quiet, watchful sort of movie that whispers its secrets sotto voce.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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The first and rarest category involved sotto voce confessions of personal tree-felling or maiming episodes.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Inwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inwardly. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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