How to Use inboard in a Sentence

inboard

1 of 2 adjective
  • Wing-like daytime running lights run from the fenders inboard above slim headlights.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The four cars are missing inboard attachments and may not restrain an occupant in case of a crash.
    — Lisa Marie Segarra, Fortune, 30 June 2017
  • Post-impact fire consumed the majority of the fuselage and the inboard wing sections.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Another Electroimpact robot will drill and fasten the rib posts and stiffeners to the spars — each of them 105 feet long, 6 feet wide at the inboard end and a foot wide at the outboard end.
    — Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, 7 June 2017
  • The rear suspension also had to be completely rethought, resulting in a unique, lifted, inboard setup that features the left- and right-rear coilover units sitting side by side where the back seats in a typical Mustang would be.
    — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Using inboard suspension from Canadian company Multimatic also shifts weight closer to the car’s center line and cuts air turbulence around the wheel arches.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Now, though, many new Ruf models are designed from the ground up, like the CTR anniversary and SCR, which feature carbon fiber monocoques, inboard suspension, and lightweight alloy subframes.
    — Christian Gilbertsen, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2025
  • For the occupants of Over the Moon, a high-end Chris Craft pleasure boat with an inboard motor designed by Volvo, June 21 began as a summer day on the lake and included a pre-noon pickup of two gallons of an iconic Tahoe rum concoction known as Wet Woody’s from a dockside restaurant.
    — Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026

inboard

2 of 2 noun
  • Drill and screw the snap studs onto the inboard side of the gunwale.
    — Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 18 Feb. 2021
  • Raise your inboard hand, and an image is projected on your palm.
    — Abigail Bassett, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2022
  • This time, however, the twin set of spring-damper units are mounted some ten inches inboard of the rear wheels.
    — Giancarlo Perini, Car and Driver, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Other models will have shocks in the more common position inboard of the frame.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2022
  • The dual inboard electric motors are located at the front and rear axles.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 25 June 2022
  • It’s meant to take up zero space on a bar, or just about that little, and is ideally placed just inboard of a flat-bar grip.
    — Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The sporty design is available with either inboard or outboard diesel engines.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The 747 has inboard and outboard trailing edge flaps that consist of three panels.
    — John Cox, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2017
  • The rotors are mounted inboard, and the master cylinder has dual reservoirs.
    — Tony Swan, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The yard’s 43 comes in the Comfort inboard or Race outboard versions.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
  • As for propulsion, the Forte 47 is available with either inboards or outboards.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The unequal-length control arm suspension features inboard torsion bar dampers, using pushrods up front and pullrods at the back.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The carbon-ceramic brakes also are mounted inboard to reduce unsprung weight.
    — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 20 Sep. 2017
  • As Hunter desperately tried to hold the plane level to belly land, its right inboard engine exploded.
    — oregonlive, 24 May 2020
  • Moving the driver inboard also creates a larger buffer between the driver and a front wheel during a small-overlap crash.
    — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 20 Feb. 2018
  • So for specifically for inboard, inboard outboards.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026
  • Also important is proper maintenance of the boat — either with inboard or outboard engines.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 May 2025
  • This is also the first McLaren road car to use pushrods that are linked to inboard dampers, another aspect of the car’s ruthless aero optimization.
    — Jason Barlow, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2024
  • As with the inboard model, the 43wallytender X offers a modular aft deck finished in luxe teak, which can be custom configured.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 May 2021
  • Holding up the car’s slender nose, the pushrod/inboard-coilover suspension and double wishbones do their kinematic thing practically at arm’s reach.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Tuesday's spacewalk was devoted to installing support brackets on the right-side inboard solar wing at the base of the power channel 3A wing.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Residents of 152 lakeside houses are allowed to use watercraft, and inboard but not outboard motors.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2021
  • In addition to the aforementioned two-speed transaxles, each axle also gets a locking differential, and the powertrain features inboard brakes and portal hub gears.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2019
  • At normal ride height, the GT sits on a sophisticated inboard suspension with spring-and-damper sets, an arrangement typical of race cars.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 July 2017
  • The suspension incorporates double wishbones with inboard torsion bar dampening, while braking is provided by a set of six-piston monobloc aluminum calipers and carbon brake discs and pads.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Critically, the inboard portion of the half-shaft (closest to the differential) could flex, allowing the rear wheels to articulate at extreme angles when the rear-suspension was under load.
    — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Aprilia has also taken a few lessons from its MotoGP program and fitted the same inboard winglets to the side bodywork, which serve more to direct engine heat away from the rider than increase downforce.
    — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2021
  • The company intends to offer it as a standalone solution as well as a critical component of its E-Motion 180 inboard and outboard systems.
    — New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
  • That suspension facilitates 13 inches of wheel travel for all four wheels, using control arms bolted much further inboard than is possible with ICE power trains.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Vision Marine Technologies With the 180e inboard, Vision looks to offer serious all-electric power and performance to a wider range of boats.
    — New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024

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