adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
face
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With the back of the hands facing inwards , place one hand over the other.
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With hands clasped behind and palms facing inwards , raise the arms 30 times, lifting them a little higher with each count.
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The three most complete furnaces were built on or against a wall and faced inwards .
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Interlink hands behind your back, palms facing inwards .
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If there are two lines then it is a good idea to have the chairs facing inwards so that the teams face each other.
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Brownies stand in a circle facing inwards with their legs apart.
look
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Companies which looked inwards to Whitehall are now listening to their customers and shareholders.
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Divorced from any clear patronage, western artists were free to look inwards and to ignore the tastes of the masses.
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They have to look inwards , too - sometimes very closely - at the workings of the organization itself.
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His eyes swivelled in an old panic, trying to look inwards .
turn
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Once again the novel repeatedly turns inwards to examine its own nature, presenting itself as a kind of palimpsest.
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Their heads always turn either to right or left: one of their eyes turns inwards , the other upwards.
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But certainly some ebullience in me was checked, held in and turned inwards .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At last, however, the door fell inwards upon the carpet.
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Brown stains caused by small flames crept inwards .
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One sheet lay at his feet, as yet untouched by the flames, although it was beginning to curl inwards .
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With hands clasped behind and palms facing inwards , raise the arms 35 times, aiming slightly higher with each count.