Move the needle further inwards!. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adverb : He turned his thoughts inward. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : an inward room. ,the inward parts. ,inward convulsions. ,inward passage. ,inward peace. From Dictionary.com.
Knitting a square shawl inwards from the border is much the same. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Courtyard rooms face "inwards" - a quiet winter choice away from blustery winds. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
A good lining of wine and food to the inwards is the tonic to more talk and exertion. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Disgracefully, Turkey's EU accession bid is going nowhere soon] Reference
"inwards" -- so hard when there seemed no likelihood's of our getting any water for the night?. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News] Reference
"inwards" of the "Rattlesnake," and upon the whole I really doubt whether Jonah was much worse accommodated, so far as room goes, than myself. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1] Reference
Not of my selves, but inwards me and out, who still are you. From Wordnik.com. [2 Poems] Reference
The lower incisors are correspondingly pressed inwards and closer together. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
Today, the Zionism which has destroyed so many occupied lives is turning inwards. From Wordnik.com. [Ahmed Moor: Israel Cannot be Both Jewish and Democratic] Reference
To insure a tighter fit at the swinging edge this edge should be slightly beveled inwards. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
Swinging inwards, it opened and revealed the creature standing there, beckoning me to enter. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutions of Time] Reference
Then, the window blew inwards and its ice went all skittered to the floor like the Queen's diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [Magic X] Reference
The new position assumed by the epigastric artery borne inwards by the weight of the old external hernia. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Use the outside knife and fork for the appetizer, and then simply work inwards for each subsequent course. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of Adultery] Reference
A creak sounded; there was a rusty wheeze, and a portion of the wall seemed to shake and move slowly inwards. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
And David dwelt in the castle, and called it, The city of David: and built round about from Mello and inwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 10: 2 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
The situation of the conjoined tendon resisting the further progress of the external hernia gravitating inwards. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
One of the piles was buckling -- bending inwards -- and the earth dam was surely, if slowly, giving way at this point. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
There is a surface current inwards in the eastern channel, but a strong under-current outwards in the western channel. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Cars whizzing through the night, in endless streams, forming a line of red leading inwards, a line of white leading outwards. From Wordnik.com. [City Crossing] Reference
In most cases the leaf-blade is rolled up inwards from one end to the other so that one margin is inside and the other outside. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The most successful are the sort whose edges curl inwards, providing a rim to hold in the ingredients that might otherwise escape. From Wordnik.com. [Nigel Slater's mushrooms with quinoa and chard, and baked greengages recipes] Reference
"We're trying to revitalize volunteerism is our community, because times are tough and people tend to focus inwards," Kaminski says. From Wordnik.com. [Unemployment Was 'A Blessing,' Says Former Autoworker] Reference
When lymph is effused external to the lining membrane, and projects this inwards, thereby narrowing the diameter of the canal. 3rdly. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Jerking suddenly, the door opened inwards, and Ellenor, leaning against it, fell forward over the high threshold into pitch darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
These are intersected by alluvium-charged valleys through which streams and rivers flow inwards towards the central basin of the Upper. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
The fascia lata, Poupart's ligament, and the abdominal aponeurosis, are to be relaxed by bending the thigh inwards to the hypogastrium. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
This was baited with a peony, or any gay-coloured flower; attracted by which, the tench found their way inwards, but could not get out. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
The new situation assumed by the neck of the sac of an old external hernia which has gravitated inwards from its original place at H. K. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
A passion that has been denied, is like a tear that sadly dried, before it touched the lash that vied, to shed it inwards whilst it died. From Wordnik.com. [Stunted Growth] Reference
Leaves chase around our feet, the streetlamp's glow holding us inwards even as your face, three-days unshaven, is turned towards something outside the light. From Wordnik.com. [Touch Me] Reference
His brother countered: "The true profound issue is whether the Labour party wants to choose its leader by looking backwards and inwards, or forward and outward.". From Wordnik.com. [Miliband brothers battle it out over Iraq war] Reference
When you take away somebody's tears, you imprison her forever in a sensation that cannot physically burst, and since it can only go back inwards, it will slowly drive her insane. From Wordnik.com. [Encounter with Lover's Daughter] Reference
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