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Example sentences for "outward"

Lexicographically close words:
outturn; outvie; outvied; outvote; outvoted; outwarde; outwardlie; outwardly; outwards; outwash
  1. The Colmannia had been in long enough to have made her toilet for the outward voyage, and was looking her best.

  2. He was wealthy, but he remembered enough of the old days to know that mere wealth would bring but outward respect, and that character was the real power there, in that land where he craved for power.

  3. There are white draymen and porters in the employ of these shrewd and civil merchants, and the outward appearance of traffic, as conducted in the immediate vicinity, is rather American than otherwise.

  4. What I meant was this: there was not an alley so miserable and so muddy but somewhere in it there was pretty sure to be a cottage as demure in outward appearance as modesty itself.

  5. He should meet some pious, old, sorrowful person, with more outward calamities than any other, and invite him, with a reflection that piety would make all that miserable company truly thankful.

  6. Yet words are not without their use even for purposes of explanation,--but merely for explaining outward acts and all sorts of external things, leaving the soul's life and action to explain itself in its own way.

  7. To this scene succeeded the usual period of outward sorrow, the interment, and the betrayal of the expectations of the survivors.

  8. That blackguard ate a whole bread- locker-full of nuts on our outward passage, and now he tells us to step into his Chatterino House, before we sail!

  9. Creator, not by the mere outward perception of hearing, but by inward inspiration, not as now believers seek an absent God by faith, but by seeing Him clearly present to their contemplation.

  10. Therefore, if it be about outward works, it will not be concerned with inward passions.

  11. As stated (ad 1) outward movements are indications of the inward disposition, and this regards chiefly the passions of the soul.

  12. Hence our Lord, in order to remove an obstacle to our spiritual welfare, showed by giving an example of humility, that outward exaltation is to be despised.

  13. I answer that, Outward actions belong properly to the virtue to whose end they are specifically referred: thus fasting is referred specifically to the end of abstinence, which is to tame the flesh, and consequently it is an act of abstinence.

  14. For it is evident that for the purpose of the outward and bodily works of the active life a man needs the assistance of outward things, whereas few are required for contemplation.

  15. Whether There Can Be Virtue and Vice in Connection with Outward Apparel?

  16. Therefore there is a virtue about the style of outward movement.

  17. Therefore there can be virtue and vice in the outward attire.

  18. On the other hand, the wicked reckon their sensitive and corporeal nature, or the outward man, to hold the first place.

  19. O Hero, what a Hero hadst thou been, If half thy outward graces had been placed 100 About thy thoughts and counsels of thy heart!

  20. No, nor I neither; but most wonderful that she should so dote on Signior Benedick, whom she hath in all outward behaviours seemed ever to abhor.

  21. The rest of his body appeared to be dead; he had not the smallest power to move, and yet there was no outward wound, and his voice was as strong as ever.

  22. But these differences are temporary and outward and not inwardly heritable.

  23. It is this inward fire rather than any outward pressure that prompts the captive spirit to break loose from the fetters of the unmoving giant, custom, the greatest of all tyrants, who grows stronger as he grows older.

  24. The outward ethnic differentiæ of the Bantu are admittedly palpable and patent to everyone, but in the opinion of competent observers there is nothing in the anatomy of the black man to make him a lower beast than the man with the white skin.

  25. To his Father he pays a great deal of outward Respect, but is forced to keep a very watchful Eye over him.

  26. He caused all these to March with him, that he might by this outward Pomp Astonish these Barbarous People, to strike them with a Fear and Respect of his Imperial Majesty.

  27. The Mole is in good forwardness, they having gained above 200 yards in the Sea, in order to the making of a good and safe Harbour for Ships to ride in, which lye open to Wind and Waves; the outward side to the Seaward somewhat sloping.

  28. The boy bore the master’s reproofs with a little less outward wincing than of old, but inwardly they racked his very soul.

  29. Mr. Morris watched the process with inward approval and outward indifference.

  30. As to the hackneyed doctrine that derives the origin of music from the outward sounds of nature, none but poets could have conceived it, or lovers be justified in repeating it.

  31. If we search the works of the earliest composers, we find not the slightest evidence of their having been inspired by any outward agencies.

  32. And all this time, there was nothing remarkable or disgusting in the outward appearance of this unfortunate people.

  33. Her character was but in bud then, and he had only too well foreseen how bitter would be the blossom, though so fair in outward seeming.

  34. In manner she was cold, proud, repellent, though beneath the outward ice ran a fire of passion that once let loose would sweep away all barriers of conventionality, and stop at nothing to accomplish its desires.

  35. The glacial grooves,” he says, “radiate outward from the central heights towards all points of the compass, although they do not strictly conform to the actual shape and contour of the minor valleys and ridges.

  36. The proportion of largeness was not only looked upon as an ornament of the outward man, but as a type of grace in the inward.

  37. By all which it is manifest that the outward dress must needs be the soul.

  38. It is not to be supposed that this immense, unprecedented growth of outward activity can have been gained without some corresponding loss.

  39. As yet there had been neither baptism nor sacramental supper; these outward and visible signs were absent; but inward and spiritual grace was there, and the thing signified is greater than the sign.

  40. I acknowledge myself much bound to you for your kind love and care in sending Mr. Fuller among us, and I rejoice much that I am by him satisfied touching your judgments of the outward form of God's worship.

  41. I had opportunities of speaking particularly with a great many of those who afforded such outward tokens of inward soul-concern in the time of public worship and hearing of the Word.

  42. The same simplicity in the outward order of worship was maintained; the same form of high Calvinistic theology continued to be cherished as a norm of sound preaching and as a vehicle of instruction to children.

  43. There, the painter who has fixed the outward type of Christ for succeeding centuries was a bold speculator, holding lightly by other men's beliefs, setting philosophy above Christianity.

  44. He knew too how to excite strong hatreds; and it was at this time that in a quarrel with a fellow-student he received a blow on the face which deprived him for ever of the comeliness of outward form.

  45. The outward history begins again in 1502, with a wild journey through central Italy, which he makes as the chief engineer of Caesar Borgia.

  46. Again, individual genius works ever under conditions of time and place: its products are coloured by the varying aspects of nature, and type of human form, and outward manners of life.

  47. And if some Pharisees interpreted the blessing of God in a material sense, to be shown in outward prosperity, while others interpreted it in a spiritual sense, that is only a difference of temperament as between particular Pharisees.

  48. Yet the Pharisees could and did say that the defilement was not caused by the outward thing itself, but expressed the will of God that certain actions and contacts should be avoided.

  49. Awkward form and homely face, Owing naught to outward grace; Yet, behind the rugged mien Were a mind and soul serene, And in deep-set eyes there shone Genius that was all his own.

  50. They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust!

  51. With his gun under his arm, Phillips set off at a steady pace, following almost the same route that he had taken on his outward journey.

  52. They did not hurry, realising that haste in swimming means loss of strength; so, keeping side by side, they made light work of their outward journey.

  53. The outward signs of elegance are much respected by the Filipino.

  54. A subtle change of color, a sullen brooding, or persistent silence, are his only outward signs of wrath.

  55. The explanation is, that the duties of parents comprehend "maintenance, education, and a reasonable provision for the child's happiness in respect to outward condition.


  56. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "outward" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    outward appearance; outward bound; outward circumstances; outward form; outward life; outward nature; outward objects; outward seeming; outward sign; outward things