Used in a Sentence

inland

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for inland.

Editorial note

My guess is that it breaks down much more on a coastal/inland basis than a liberal/conservative one.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech3

Quick take

The interior part of a country.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of inland gathered in one view.

noun

The interior part of a country.

adjective

Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.

adjective

Limited to the land, or to inland routes; not passing on, or over, the sea.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for inland.

Example sentences

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My guess is that it breaks down much more on a coastal/inland basis than a liberal/conservative one.

2

Similarly, inland dry lakes (places like mono, great salt lake, salton etc) are not acidic.

3

To monitor an inland canal you just need a guy and a lawn chair.

4

They're both inland cities, but Austin has placed significantly more liberal policy into practice.

5

That can just buy you time to move inland.

6

Best bet is to run/bike up the hill to Capitol Hill, which is 100m higher in elevation, and about 2 miles inland (and east of the I5).

7

The natural dunes are low and constantly shifting inland.

8

In the 14 months you've had the company registered, have you had any dealing with Inland Revenue inquiring about your accounts or coming to check up on you?

9

No man in the country is under the smallest obligation, moral or other, so to arrange his legal relations to his business or property as to enable the Inland Revenue to put the largest possible shovel in his stores.

10

There will be significant damage from water all around inland Puget Sound, though I agree not on the scale of the full-blown tsunami on the coast.

11

Cities like Cincinatti, St Louis, and Buffalo suffer because their original advantage (access to inland waterways in the US) is less important now that more manufacturing and trade is international.

12

The Inland Revenue is not slow, and quite rightly, to take every advantage which is open to it under the Taxing Statutes for the purposes of depleting the taxpayer's pocket.

Quote examples

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If I were writing a science fiction story there would be primitive villages on higher inland areas, and partially submerged technologically advanced cities on the coastlines:-) But what I find most amusing is that when I was a kid "science" was saying "but we don't know if any other star even has a planet!" and to me as a kid it seemed preposterous that other stars wouldn't have planets.

Proper noun examples

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Inland, the Cascade volcanoes mark the line where, far below, the Juan de Fuca plate is heating up and melting everything above it.

2

Inland, the source water is irrigation drainage (water leftover after irrigation).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use inland in a sentence?

My guess is that it breaks down much more on a coastal/inland basis than a liberal/conservative one.

What does inland mean?

The interior part of a country.

What part of speech is inland?

inland is commonly used as noun, adjective, adverb.