How to Use outer in a Sentence

outer

adjective
  • I removed the outer skin of the onion.
  • Her inner turmoil was masked by an outer calm.
  • The package's outer covering was damaged.
  • Your outer thigh should touch the floor.
    — Danielle Zickl, Health, 15 Jan. 2026
  • All three phones have outer screens, as well.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Such hot cores are rare in the outer galaxy.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Avoid touching the front outer part of the mask when putting it on.
    — Eliza MacKintosh and Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022
  • And if there were big names on an outer court, forget about it.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Ground-hugging plants can be pruned around the outer edges.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • The outer petals can be yellow, white, or pink.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Glue one end of the sock closed, leaving a ½-inch outer edge.
    — Jodi Levine, Parents, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Again, the inner and the outer world.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 8 May 2026
  • The outer leaves should be tightly packed and crisp, not limp or dry.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The bag won’t latch if sleeves or socks are hanging over the outer edge.
    — Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Start by picking the largest, outer leaves.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Her outer healing has helped her, too.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Some apartments' outer walls had been stripped away.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Some apartments’ outer walls had been stripped away.
    — Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Simply grab red thread and stitch it along the outer edges of a bare nail.
    — Michella Oré, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Peel away outer skin from garlic.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Once that stays lit, turn the dial and push in to light the outer ring.
    — Noah Kaufman, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
  • An outer wall of a Church still stands in Ornes.
    — Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This cloud of gas forms when a star sheds its outer layers near the end of its life.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Any mission to the outer planets still takes quite a bit of time.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The outer shell of a comforter is the part that touches your skin.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The inner rings will fall first and the outer rings will follow.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The poncho-style outer layer fell just past the hem of the slip.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • That set up a diet of breaking balls on the outer half of the plate.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • My quail shot had lodged between the outer hide and the thin inner skin.
    — Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025
  • My inner life had to keep pace with the facts and furies of the outer world.
    — Margo Jefferson, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022

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