outward

Example Sentences

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Researchers believe it likely formed roughly 10,000 light years closer to the galactic center before gradually moving outward to its current location.

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

While Frieze New York is a decidedly American fair, the best work here looked outward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

I explode my hands outward in front of them.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera