How to Use inside out in a Sentence

inside out

adverb
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  • Mountaineers have long known that digestion heats the body from the inside out.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2021
  • Throw in a facial oil for your girl to use with the roller and take note as her skin starts to glow from the inside out.
    — Sunset Magazine, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Carefully remove it, turn it inside out, and smoke the fur side for a few minutes.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2020
  • In some ways, putting aside the P. & L., the storefronts were better off turned inside out.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2021
  • In a year that's been upside down and inside out, why stick with the same old dishes for Christmas dinner?
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Reine Fleur, via Facebook My single socks returned—inside out.
    — Condé Nast, WIRED, 12 July 2024
  • Once the dowels are secure, flip inside out to reveal the front side of the fabric, with the liner behind it and the dowels inside.
    — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Michigan can play inside out or outside in, mixes defenses and feed multiple players who force bad matchups.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2021
  • In a world that has been nothing but upside down and inside out since the start of March last year, the mundane can border on wonderment.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2021
  • This reporting of this entire phenomenon has been inside out.
    — Carolyn Barber, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The installation is an immersive experience, open to the viewer to walk within and feel it from the inside out.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Wind moving in the wrong direction could have a catastrophic effect, causing the parachute to inflate inside out and destroy itself.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 Feb. 2021
  • There was a brief vogue in my class of wearing shirts inside out and backward so that the Esprit or Benetton labels were right under the wearer’s chin — really.
    — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Turning leggings inside out to prevent abrasion and dye transfer can help maintain their texture, color, and any pattern or decorative element.
    — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2024
  • At the other end, the Cougars were running their offense, and running and running and running it, quick swings from side to side, ball screens, dribble handoffs, drive and kick, playing inside out, playing outside in.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020
  • The Rays, and now the Braves, have turned the game inside out.
    — Ray Glier, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The steps: Lay the cover inside out on your bed, with the open end at the top.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • Reed Richards, of course, turns the idea of a movie star body inside out.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 9 May 2022
  • When the world is dark and cold, soup is here to warm us up from the inside out.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 10 Jan. 2023
  • For best results, wash the socks inside out and hang dry.
    — Nicole Crawford, Verywell Health, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Maybe be like Sofia Richie Grainge and wear your pants inside out!
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Step 1: With the sheet inside out, hold it by the two corners of one of the longer edges, says Cohen.
    — Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Infrared saunas use infrared heat to warm the body from the inside out.
    — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Dec. 2022
  • But the Delta variant has turned those dreams inside out.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Then use your right hand to tuck that corner inside out over the one in your left hand.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
  • There was a pair of athletic socks, inside out, on the floor.
    — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
  • How to build a potent modern brand from the inside out.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • The depths of that terror seized me, shattering me from the inside out.
    — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 7 May 2021
  • But the focus should be put on his health, as lasting weight changes come from the inside out.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 10 May 2021
  • It can also be flipped inside out to serve as a stuffsack in a pinch.
    — Elizabeth Miller, Outside Online, 11 June 2022

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