outward

Example Sentences

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Mean curvature captures how the surface bends in space, indicating whether it curves inward or outward and by how much.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

It’s easy, standing before it, to think of Harris Norton’s influence moving in the same way: outward, in ever-widening circles, from a single point of sustained attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

That movie opens ever outward in its metaphoric power, becoming an enthralling, defining vision of its era of media, and the new “Faces of Death” initially seems to have similar ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“When pressure is applied at that point, it does not stay contained. It moves outward across multiple theaters at once.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Each splintered bar bent gracefully outward, like the petal of a chrysanthemum, and in the center of the empty cage lay one small golden feather.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng