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Recent Examples of inwardly
Engage your lower abs, draw your kneecaps toward your thighs, and inwardly rotate your thighs.
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Kate Pitts, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
In contrast, participants from the control walk group tended to be more inwardly focused.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 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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Kate Pitts, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
In contrast, participants from the control walk group tended to be more inwardly focused.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 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
Adverb
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Other times, Claude made a different calculus, choosing to play along during the retraining while secretly preserving its original values.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Vionic Uptown Loafers These loafers are the epitome of what Vionic does best—they’re polished, supportive, and secretly built for long days on your feet.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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Much of the project’s technical ambition rested on the shoulders of lead rigger Waldo Etherington, who has worked intimately with Honnold since The Devil’s Climb.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
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But maybe most crucial, vaccination status clusters in communities—depending intimately on whether, for instance, children are raised by parents who are themselves vaccinated.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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But White House officials have privately grown frustrated with her performance, as Republican midterm strategists raise alarms about the political damage.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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So the program is being funded entirely through donations, with $40,000 raised privately.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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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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Like the man himself, the house speaks of quality sotto voce.—
Rachel Davies,
Architectural Digest,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Inwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inwardly. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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