How to Use inside of in a Sentence

inside of

preposition
  • His foot was still inside of it.
    — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • Each bowl of soup is made inside of their new bus.
    — Janay Reece, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The chicken skin inside of the red beans and rice.
    — Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But the shot clock ticked inside of five seconds.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Brush red luster dust on inside of mouths.
    — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • A lot of grown men still have broken boys inside of them.
    — Will Carless, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Coat inside of pan with baking spray.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The ice machine had heavy black mold-like residue inside of it.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado february 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The 20% can be brought to weapons grade inside of three to four weeks.
    — Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The things going on around us — not just inside of us — change pain, too.
    — Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
  • There are some great people inside of Jeep.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Bets can be made from anywhere inside of the Ohio state lines.
    — cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
  • By the end of those years, that was a real person inside of me.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 9 Feb. 2023
  • A lot of things are falling apart and crackling inside of her.
    — William Earl, Variety, 17 May 2026
  • That’s some Black girl stuff that goes real deep inside of me.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Singh says bed bugs could infest the clothes inside of your luggage.
    — Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Video from the drone showed the suspect had his hand inside of a backpack.
    — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • How long has this story been brewing inside of you?
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Clean the outside and inside of the shade with a soft sponge and soapy water.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Herr said the heat from inside of the house will warm part of the roof and the snow starts melting.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2026
  • But what if the pastry requires a longer bake time than the stuff inside of it?
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 29 June 2023
  • Herr said to look for water stains on ceilings and walls inside of homes.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Run a thin knife around inside of pan to release cake; turn the cake onto rack.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • When the tube is flattened, the discs inside of it are likewise in a flat state.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 5 Oct. 2024
  • It’s been able to help kids to feed that hunger inside of them as a creative outlet.
    — Giana Levy, Variety, 21 Dec. 2025
  • My hope and my conviction is that there is a nine-year-old hero inside of us all.
    — Danai Gurira, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2023
  • This is a place where the tiny, tiny pieces of silicon inside of our phones are stamped.
    — WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The drones got amazing footage of the funnel on its way to it, and then from inside of it.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • So many hands have been on this piece, and so many special ones, the best ones, have been inside of it.
    — Marley Marius, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Or maybe the storm the woman had weathered was inside of her, the way my own storm had been.
    — Lauren McBrayer, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022

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