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How to use outer in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun

Outer means outside; external. Example: “We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.”

Examples of outer by meaning

adjectiveFarther from the centre of the inside.

  • Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

nounThe smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.

  • We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.

nounOne who supports leaving the European Union.

  • The 51.4 per cent to 48.6 per cent victory of the "outers" broke the back of the Labour government.2013 January 25, Jon Cruddas, “Au Revoir, Europe: What If Britain Left the EU? by David Charter”, in The Independent
  • Meanwhile, outers are disporting themselves on TV in luminous green ties, hand-woven by first years at the Dronefield Academy for the Sartorially Challenged.2016 February 16, Robert Shrimsley, “Gimme a Brexit break”, in Financial Times

More sentences with outer

  • Science fiction often imagines alien civilizations in the depths of outer space.From the entry outer space
  • Unpolished grains that retained their outer coating were a major linchpin of his diet of whole foods.From the entry whole food
  • Unlike coaxial cable where the outer conductor is grounded, twisted pair is usually ungrounded.From the entry ungrounded
  • Follow the urbexers as they navigate the inner and outer surfaces of our forbidden cities.From the entry urbexer
  • The figure shows a nephogram of the stress in the outer layer of the pipe.From the entry nephogram
  • Astronauts train for years before traveling to outer space.From the entry outer space
  • The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.From the entry lateral
  • They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.From the entry breach
  • In some mollusks, as the cuttlefish, the shell is concealed by the animal's outer mantle and is considered internal.From the entry shell
  • Cosmic rays are energetic particles from outer space.From the entry energetic
  • The blackness of outer space comes from the lack of anything to reflect light rather than the absence of light.From the entry blackness
  • Only the buttressed outer walls still stood.From the entry buttressed
  • The external shape is formed by wall sections (assembled in situ) and a moveable arch-shaped outer section.2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33. From the entry mould
  • More people have been to outer space than have stood its summit.2021 January 19, Adam Skolnick, Bhadra Sharma, “How Climbers Reached the Summit of K2 in Winter for the First Time”, in The New York…. From the entry K2
  • She pressed lightly around the outer labia and above the pubic mound, checking for tears or damage.2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 317. From the entry pubic mound
  • The pressure eventually overcomes the outer shell, erupting in a micronova.2021, Ben Davidson, The Next End of the World: The Rebirth of Catastrophism, Chapter 5.1, p.42. From the entry micronova
  • With outer shells removed, the corn kernels are ready to be ground into masa, just add water.2021 May 20, Kathryn Gray, “UCSD, City College students reveal the science behind tortilla-making”, in San Diego City Times, archived from…. From the entry tortilladora
  • Lower jaw with several rows at anterior, outer row enlarged, posterior teeth larger but not caninoid.n.d. "Tigrigobius saucrus" Goby Net (accessed 2 Nov 2019). From the entry caninoid
  • However, the core region of LAGP only existed in the inner mountain not the outer.2019, Huan Su, Weiquan Wu, Xiaochun Wan, Jingming Ning, “Discriminating geographical origins of green tea based on amino acid, polyphenol…. From the entry Yu'an
  • Outer Manchuria, also called Russian Manchuria was never claimed to be part of a Chinese nation-state.2017, Julia C. Schneider, “The New Setting: Political Thinking after 1912”, in Nation and Ethnicity: Chinese Discourses on History…. From the entry Inner Manchuria
  • An expression in macrogamonts or at the outer oocyst wall was not observed.2015 July 25, Ernst Jonscher et al., “Two COWP-like cysteine rich proteins from Eimeria nieschulzi (coccidia, apicomplexa) are expressed…. From the entry macrogamonts
  • Despite his outer appearance of a hard-charging pipehitter, Sahil had a genuine gift for empathy.2015, Jay Posey, Sungrazer. From the entry pipe-hitter
  • The outer back was also covered in a new layer of brushed cotton.2012, Dinah Eastop, Kathryn Gill, Upholstery Conservation: Principles and Practice, page 40. From the entry brushed
  • The outer boundary of the homeoid is the boundary of the galaxy halo.2012, S. A. Gasanov, “Steady-state solutions for the motion of a globular cluster in an inhomogeneous, rotating elliptical galaxy”, in…. From the entry homeoid
  • They all then trooped up a railless stairway carved out of the outer wall of the dam.2011, Kenzaburo Oe, Somersault, Grove/Atlantic, →ISBN, page 280. From the entry railless
  • You will see them but not before your own world intensifies its outer eccentric movement or revolvement.2011, Elwood Babbitt, Wisdom from the Master Forces, page 165. From the entry revolvement
  • Yurt is Russian, and all that is Russian is now on the outer in Mongolia.2010, Lydia Laube, Slow Boat to Mongolia, Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press, →ISBN. From the entry yurt
  • All 3 African birds in this group have long outer tail feathers, racqueted in C. spatulata.2010, Bruce Campbell, Elizabeth Lack, A Dictionary of Birds, →ISBN, page 516. From the entry racqueted
  • Extroverts are more energized by interacting with the outer world; introverts with the inner world.2010 October 1, Nancy Reeves, Spirituality for Extroverts: and Tips for Those Who Love Them, Abingdon Press, →ISBN. From the entry omnivert
  • Some folks are able to be energized by the inner world as well as the outer.2010 October 1, Nancy Reeves, Spirituality for Extroverts: and Tips for Those Who Love Them, Abingdon Press, →ISBN. From the entry omnivert
  • The inner surface of the seed coat is more smooth that the outer one.2006, Standardisation of Single Drugs of Unani Medicine (Part 4), Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, Ministry of Health and…. From the entry trigenous
  • Why it is important, to design totalistic or outer totalistic rules?2003 January 18, Frank Buss, “Searching detailed description of Codd's automaton”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet). From the entry outer totalistic
  • You see, Da Jimmer has been to outer space and he’s different.2001, Escanaba in da Moonlight. From the entry jimmer
  • Sometimes you can oversand an outer area, but the fix is simple.2000, Mike Ashey, Basics of Ship Modeling: The Illustrated Guide, page 37. From the entry oversand
  • The problem with plain sawing is that the outer planks tend to warp.1999, Peter Oxenham, Integrated Science and Technology: Materials and Processes, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry plain saw
  • The outer sepaloids are triangular scale-like, thick, greenish or variously reddish-colored, and fleshy.1997, Beat Ernst Leuenberger, Maihuenia: Monograph of a Patagonian Genus of Cactaceae, page 22. From the entry sepaloid

Meaning of outer

  1. adjective Outside; external.
  2. adjective Farther from the centre of the inside.
  3. noun An outer part.

Full definition of outer

Questions about outer in a sentence

How do you use outer in a sentence?
Outer is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.”
What is a short sentence with outer?
“Only the buttressed outer walls still stood.”
What does outer mean?
Outer means outside; external.

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