on the outside

Example Sentences

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Although the incident broke the car's front-wind endplate, Alonso kept it largely under control and out of the barriers as it slid wildly up the kerb on the outside of the circuit.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The people who are inside prisons naturalize them as much as people on the outside.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

But as it turns out, the drone thermometers were detecting the temperatures only on the outside of the problem tank, not its inside.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

“I was looking out—something on the outside of the bed had tapped me,” he said, adding that he wasn’t scared because the presence didn’t feel hostile.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Broca notices that in the brains of stroke patients who'd lost the power to speak there is visible damage in a small area on the outside of the left frontal lobe.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman