: the inmost part
Examples of innermost in a Sentence
Adjective
She revealed her innermost feelings.
the innermost part of the cave
Recent Examples on the Web
Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
The matter of the innermost planet’s path was settled, finally, in 1915, when Einstein used general relativity equations to explain it.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
The innermost planet completes three orbits for every two by its closest neighbor.
—CBS News, 30 Nov. 2023
The sidewalk on Fifth Street will be expanded through the removal of the innermost right turn lane.
—The Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2024
Most stomach cancers form along the innermost layer of your stomach lining, the mucosa, which helps with digestion.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 6 Feb. 2024
Rendered in two complementary voices—Chapman’s smooth and strong, Combs’s rough and grand—the verses tumbled with scenes about yearning and escape, about characters pushing to make their innermost desires felt upon the world.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2024
Now is a time for emotional renewal and connecting with your innermost desires above all else.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
In the pulsar model—where emissions aren’t dominated by heat but rather by winds of electrons and other particles that shock the innermost debris—ionized silicon should be more scarce.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
After zipping past the massive Ganymede in 2021 and the icy Europa in 2022, Juno executed its first close flyby of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, the innermost of the planet’s four large satellites, on December 30, 2023, followed by its second one on February 3.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2024
The innermost of those worlds, thought to be rocky and nearly four times the mass of Earth, will evaporate within a few hundred years.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
In more recent years, Arecibo mapped the ice distribution at the polar regions of the solar system’s innermost planet.
—Ben Evans, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
McConnell has kept him in his innermost circle long since the party’s term limit rules forced him out of that role.
—Dallas News, 27 June 2022
The author renders nearly two decades’ worth of her innermost thoughts with surgical precision.
—Eleanor Cummins, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2023
Canceled too soon, but not forgotten, this whimsical and heartfelt musical comedy-drama stars Jane Levy as a young woman who suddenly develops the ability to hear the innermost thoughts of everyone around her—but only in song form.
—Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 18 Dec. 2022
The outermost parts are forged from steel to protect the innermost parts made of aluminum.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2022
Adjective
The innermost planet, hot and tumultuous, was modeled after Io, a moon of Jupiter that churns with lava.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
The matter of the innermost planet’s path was settled, finally, in 1915, when Einstein used general relativity equations to explain it.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
The innermost planet completes three orbits for every two by its closest neighbor.
—CBS News, 30 Nov. 2023
The sidewalk on Fifth Street will be expanded through the removal of the innermost right turn lane.
—The Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2024
Most stomach cancers form along the innermost layer of your stomach lining, the mucosa, which helps with digestion.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 6 Feb. 2024
Rendered in two complementary voices—Chapman’s smooth and strong, Combs’s rough and grand—the verses tumbled with scenes about yearning and escape, about characters pushing to make their innermost desires felt upon the world.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2024
Now is a time for emotional renewal and connecting with your innermost desires above all else.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
In the pulsar model—where emissions aren’t dominated by heat but rather by winds of electrons and other particles that shock the innermost debris—ionized silicon should be more scarce.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2024
Noun
On Io, the innermost of the four large moons, this leads to volcanoes, with up to 400 active eruptions taking place at any time.
—TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
After zipping past the massive Ganymede in 2021 and the icy Europa in 2022, Juno executed its first close flyby of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, the innermost of the planet’s four large satellites, on December 30, 2023, followed by its second one on February 3.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2024
The innermost of those worlds, thought to be rocky and nearly four times the mass of Earth, will evaporate within a few hundred years.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
In more recent years, Arecibo mapped the ice distribution at the polar regions of the solar system’s innermost planet.
—Ben Evans, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2022
McConnell has kept him in his innermost circle long since the party’s term limit rules forced him out of that role.
—Dallas News, 27 June 2022
The author renders nearly two decades’ worth of her innermost thoughts with surgical precision.
—Eleanor Cummins, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2023
Canceled too soon, but not forgotten, this whimsical and heartfelt musical comedy-drama stars Jane Levy as a young woman who suddenly develops the ability to hear the innermost thoughts of everyone around her—but only in song form.
—Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 18 Dec. 2022
The outermost parts are forged from steel to protect the innermost parts made of aluminum.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2022
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“Innermost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/innermost. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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