outward

Example Sentences

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As it feeds, it appears to drive streams of gas outward from the galaxy's core.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Dwayne Johnson’s performance in “The Smashing Machine,” for all the film’s flaws, cleverly reconciled the dissonance between the outward images of masculine power and internal feelings of self-loathing.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

It looks like an oddly shaped boat with an arm of floaties extending outward to one end of the rocky shore.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

According to this interpretation, the force of the collision pushed land outward into the Northern Hemisphere, creating Hell as a giant crater reaching upward from below.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

The house, the dog, the pecan tree, the henhouse, and the chicken run had all sprung up or spread outward.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia