How to Use inside of in a Sentence

inside of

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  • No matter how scary the question, the answers are inside of me.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Sunday’s effort in front of a largely favorable crowd inside of SoFi Stadium was the latest example of this.
    — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • And guess who found the largest egg with $100 inside of it?
    — Beanie Feldstein, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Attach the two pole box cleats to the top inside of the box with 1-1/4-inch screws.
    — Lucy Fitzgerald, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Clean the outside and inside of the shade with a soft sponge and soapy water.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
  • When the tube is flattened, the discs inside of it are likewise in a flat state.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 5 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • But what if the pastry requires a longer bake time than the stuff inside of it?
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 29 June 2023
  • The thief shuffles to the front porch, moves over a small package, then pulls the parcel inside of the bag, the video shows.
    — Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • The Blackboard Café has a bookshop inside of it, milkshakes, and the best lasagna.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
  • This is a place where the tiny, tiny pieces of silicon inside of our phones are stamped.
    — WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The release did not provide the ages of the two victims inside of the home or say whether they were related to the man in the street.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024
  • 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
  • And so, from our perspective, part of the point of the movie is getting inside of that activist’s head.
    — Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2023
  • He’s arrived at her home because of, again, that itch inside of his skull.
    — Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024
  • The nail, which likely comes from a big toe or thumb, was found inside of a core sample taken from the site in 2021.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
  • What’s going on deep inside of you will come up to the surface today.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Clean the outside and inside of shades and the arms of outdoor light fixtures with soap, water, and a soft sponge or cloth.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
  • That just stuck, and everything would be inside of there.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Try to keep your opinions inside of your brain, rather than giving them free reign to fly out of your mouth.
    — Jennifer Culp, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
  • There was a little bit of that inside of my mind, and trying to find the truth in that moment was the hardest thing, right?
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 28 June 2024
  • There’s not very much going on inside of a single seater.
    — Trinity Francis, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • On Sunday, June 2, a dog was left inside of a U-Haul truck alone while the owners went to the beach on a hot summer day.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024
  • After that short tour with Burt ended, that meant that Steve then got inside of them.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There’s a thing about this sport in Japan that there is ritual and honor inside of it.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Okay, these eggs have stuff inside of them, so that’s a step up from the eggless dystopia of Don’t Worry, Darling.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Police found two men, both shot, inside of a GMC Hummer.
    — Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Oct. 2024

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