Inwards

Word INWARDS
Character 7
Hyphenation in wards
Pronunciations /ˈɪnwədz/

Definitions and meanings of "Inwards"

What do we mean by inwards?

Towards the inside.

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The word "inwards" in example sentences

Knitting a square shawl inwards from the border is much the same. ❋ Jean (2009)

It is the mark of the truly paranoid that they perceive messages flowing inwards from the surrounding world and conclude that these are specifically meant for them personally, but in this case the total irony was almost too much for me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Courtyard rooms face "inwards" - a quiet winter choice away from blustery winds. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Like Britain again, it looks outwards from Europe as well as inwards, which is why Turkey is also part and not part of the Middle East too. ❋ Martin Kettle (2010)

'However many million or billion gallons of water there are in the reservoir would come beltin' down the mountainside into Loch Fada, hittin 'the opposite shore here where the glen bends inwards, which is gaunny channel the whole lot down between the mountains like a canal.' ❋ Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- (2001)

A good lining of wine and food to the inwards is the tonic to more talk and exertion. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Indeed (thanks be to God!) we have no more house-burnings, but many heart-burnings; and though outward bleeding be stanched, it is to be feared that the broken vein bleeds inwards, which is more dangerous. ❋ 1608-1661 (1863)

The resulting pain suffered is turned inwards, which is why one out of every three gay teens attempts suicide and why some of the most virulent anti-gay bigots turn out, in the end, to be gay themselves. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"inwards" -- so hard when there seemed no likelihood's of our getting any water for the night? ❋ Ernest Giles (1866)

My bed is made thus: I place the two saddles on end, at the right distance for the length of my body, and facing inwards, that is, with the seats outwards; I leave the horse-blankets strapped on underneath them, as there is not much time to re-fold and re-strap them in the morning, and my head (pillowed on two feed-bags filled overnight for the early morning feed) goes in the hollow of one saddle, between the folds of the blanket, and my feet in the hollow of the other. ❋ Erskine Childers (1896)

Henceforward, like another Jonah, my dwelling-place will be the "inwards" of the "Rattlesnake," and upon the whole I really doubt whether Jonah was much worse accommodated, so far as room goes, than myself. ❋ Huxley, Leonard (1900)

But Swartboy was not to be deterred by a little trouble; so climbing into the interior of the huge carcass, he commenced cutting and delving, and every now and then passing a multitude of "inwards" out to the others, who carried them off out of the way. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

But Swartboy was not to be deterred by a little trouble; so _climbing into the interior_ of the huge carcass, he commenced cutting and delving, and every now and then passing a multitude of "inwards" out to the others, who carried them off out of the way. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Adding to the tragedy, the exit opened inwards, meaning chaos as large numbers of people thronged to get out at the same time, China News Service said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is also said concerning those oxen that thus did bear this molten sea, that all their hinder parts were inwards, that is, covered by that sea that was set upon their backs; their hinder parts, or, as the apostle has it, 'our uncomely parts '(1 Cor ❋ John Bunyan (1658)

"inwards" of the "Rattlesnake," and upon the whole I really doubt whether Jonah was much worse accommodated, so far as room goes, than myself. ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

The snout retreated inwards, the back straightened out, the claws forked to add more digits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sounds of rain and thunder and shouts died down as his mind retreated inwards, towards the center where he kept his power. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If it is the other teams put it try and wheel the scrum by pushing inwards and trying to pull your opposition to the floor, trying to turn them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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