How to Use inner in a Sentence

inner

adjective
  • She led the guests to an inner room.
  • This is the time to shoot your shot, for your inner child’s sake.
    Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 5 June 2023
  • Iris might have been her inner white girl in some ways.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 June 2023
  • Even Cara was granted more inner life over the course of the season.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Then, start from the inner corner and draw it to meet the middle point.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The inner ridges could be slightly taller to help keep food out of moisture in the bottom of the pan.
    Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Fill: The inner fill is most of the weighted blanket's weight.
    Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 13 May 2024
  • But what Thomas does bring is a sense of inner torment.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Use the inner part of the stalk that’s tender and less fibrous than the outer ribs.
    Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The waist is stretchy, and the inner pocket can hold your phone or even a tennis ball.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
  • Start from the inner part of the blade and sweep the steel outward several times on each side.
    Susan Brownstein, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022
  • However, apps can move from the outer screen to the inner one.
    Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 26 July 2023
  • Earth’s inner core seems to remain in a constant state of change.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
  • Two lanes of the inner loop reopened by 4 p.m., and all lanes of the outer loop reopened by 4:30 p.m.
    Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, a group date where the guys had to channel their inner sheep farmers.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Apply a small amount of oil to a small area of skin, like your inner arm or elbow crease.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.
    Stuart R. Levine, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • And at its best, rap can seem like an act of inner channeling, of making the body and mind one.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Embrace your inner child and play some Skee-ball, laughing along the way.
    Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Starting with the soffit, nail lengths of J-channel against the inner edge of the fascia board.
    Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
  • She has been strangled by the inner cord that runs through the center of the window blind behind her crib.
    Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Pulse points include the neck, chest, inner elbows and wrists.
    Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • And the way to best affect outcomes is to find the eye of the hurricane, and act from that place of inner strength and wisdom.
    Arianna Huffington, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The area has inner doors that divide the aircraft’s outer doors from the cabin, so the sense of calm remains.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
  • To explore the outer world is amazing, and to explore the inner world is no less vast.
    Lea Lane, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Tiny white spots on the inner cheeks, gums and roof of mouth two to three days after symptoms begin.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024
  • This gives the eggshell’s protective coat time to wear off, which makes the white less likely to stick to the inner membrane and shrink.
    USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Tap into your inner strength, and take care of yourself.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Her costumes, designed by Patricia Norris, take the romance and the tragedy of Dorothy’s inner world and writ them large.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The document lays bare much of Smith’s inner thoughts on how to approach the case, how to go about charging Trump, how to respond to threats and how to handle charges against his co-conspirators.
    Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025

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