How to Use the outside in a Sentence

the outside

noun
  • No one on the outside wants to hear it.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • That may look calm from the outside.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • On the outside, the spoon is a treat.
    — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • The process may look slow from the outside.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Don’t let the outside noise get to you.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Once again, the match moved to the outside.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • What does their house look like from the outside?
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Then, at long last, a shot on the outside!
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026
  • But from the outside, there are some grim signs.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
  • Kept them, for the most part, to the outside.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Hipp dashed for the outside in search of room to run.
    — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Even the outside area of the bar was packed with fans.
    — Luis Miguel Echegaray, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • With your right hand, grasp the right knee from the outside.
    — Gerard Hartmann, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
  • His big splash swept most of the petals to the outside of the pool.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024
  • What color is best for the outside of a house?
    — Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Not just from the outside in but from our inside rifts.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Stir to chill, until a frost forms on the outside.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The goal is to put as many walls between you and the outside.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Clean them from the outside and the inside.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Wrap the outside with black paper or cloth.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • With that red plate now locked in place, the door can’t be opened from the outside.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Even so, the outside world is pressing in.
    — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Thread the carriage bolt through the frame from the outside in.
    — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • She has been banned from contact with the outside world.
    — Lorcan Lovett, NPR, 3 May 2026
  • His switch back to the outside could be worthwhile.
    — Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
  • Work from the outside edges to keep the stain from spreading.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Collins was beaten down on the outside.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • The path looks complex from the outside.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • And what happened in the outside world, why was this bunker built?
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The inside of a car needs to be kept clean just as much as the outside.
    — Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025

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