How to Use internal in a Sentence

internal

adjective
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  • The country was in the grip of some of the worst violence of its long internal conflict.
    — Beverly Bryan, SPIN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • At the time, there was no way to perceive the internal state of the body via technology.
    — Meg Leja, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The sound quality of the internal speakers impressed us with a range of 20 to 30 feet.
    — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • An internal drawcord makes sure no strings get in the way of your fitness goals.
    — Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In some cases, this stems more from a lack of internal cohesion than a lack of will.
    — Carmine Di Sibio, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The series had been an internal favorite at the Warner Bros.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The child didn’t have any internal injuries or broken bones.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The cells begin to specialize into the tissues that will form the nerves, internal organs, gut and more.
    — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 13 June 2023
  • Your own internal conflict about what's appropriate to share might be setting the tone for the people around you.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Ek made the announcement in an internal memo sent to staff, which the company posted on its website.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The Supreme Court has held that courts cannot interfere with churches’ internal affairs.
    — Samuel Brunson, The Conversation, 8 Nov. 2023
  • It's equipped with five internal mesh pockets to store everything from Airpods to your tablet.
    — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Third-base coach Mark Hallberg and bench coach Kai Correa are among the internal candidates for the position.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • To activate the warmer, click the internal activation disc to start the reaction.
    — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The restructuring is the result of an internal review of the business by its new management team.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2023
  • In a meeting earlier this month, Amazon's CEO was described as losing patience with the internal tug-of-war.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • After a busy day, make your way to the internal garden and relieve your tired hooves at the footbath, relax in the library with a book, or enjoy a tipple at the bar with a front-row seat to the beauty of Mt. Yotei.
    — Christina Liao, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Wojcicki says the problem has more to do with a downturn in the biotech sector than internal issues.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • When the car is cold, your oil and other engine fluids are harder to move around, which creates more internal engine friction.
    — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2023
  • House Republicans plan to meet Tuesday evening at the Capitol for a first round of internal party voting.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The two adults — a man, 41, and a woman, 40 — suffered fatal injuries to their necks, according to an internal police report.
    — Zachary Small, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Gould has served as a top executive for five-and-a-half years, overseeing a bevy of sports and internal operations.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2024
  • In the motion to dismiss, however, the defense argues that the gun showed signs of having been filed down, and that some of the internal components appeared aged, even though the gun was supposed to be brand new.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Now, most Gazans have become internal refugees facing a severe shortage of both medical care and food.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
  • To reconstruct what happened in New Orleans, The Post obtained hundreds of internal law enforcement records, hours of video footage and dozens of text messages.
    — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The campaign attributes this to it not spending money on TV ads or internal polling and keeping the team small, with about 15 people who take on various roles and work remotely or in the field.
    — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Through the request, the board saw a previous 2019 investigation from a law firm and two other internal reviews that noted some of the problems.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The warmth of the family melodrama that powers the internal core of the narrative and provides the impetus to push Monk forward with the fake book tends to declaw the social commentary.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Around that time, Faulk sent an internal message about a safety threshold for formaldehyde proposed by Philips to one of the independent labs brought on by the company.
    — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The rationale behind the change is to allow people to work together and form connections in the workplace, Google said in an internal email reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.
    — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 9 June 2023

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