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inwardness

[in-werd-nis] / ˈɪn wərd nɪs /




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Martin Luther’s personal spiritual struggles brought St. Paul’s inwardness to its fullest expression; after Luther, Mr. Persico writes, “God no longer resided in the heavens, but in the human heart.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

The inwardness of McCorkle’s Omar has an overwhelming gravity.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 23, 2022

The book liberated and celebrated the experience of inwardness amid the American obsession with outward “likability” and charismatic confidence.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2022

Polenzani is not the swaggering, trumpeting Franco Corelli-style tenor generally associated with the part — though he rises, stylishly, to fiery intensity — but rather a vocalist of refinement, inwardness and melancholy.

From New York Times Mar. 1, 2022

Obinze, with his air of calm and inwardness, made it even more intriguing.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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