inward-looking
Example Sentences
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Some fret such a contest could appear inward-looking, gratuitous and drag on all summer.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Accordingly he offers a deeply interior, inward-looking turn that emphasizes how Willy has withdrawn from life and the sustenance of human connection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The internalized, inward-looking result merges with a blank screen, onto which viewers project their own perceptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
Geopolitical tensions have also added to concerns of an English language vacuum, making China more inward-looking.
From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2023
The last of these quotations is a pastiche, but the other two are real, and all are typical of the inward-looking style that makes academic writing so tedious.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
