Almost involuntarily, his question caused her to draw back, to focus inwardly, to take stock of the force she always felt within herself.

In general, Harris believes that dating has become too inwardly focused.

But is the performance too inwardly focused and subtle to register strongly here?

His inwardly focused mind did not see the coming collapse of the Ming in 1644-1645.

The best way to do this is by closing your eyes, to close off outer distractions and to focus inwardly.

Dyannis closed her eyes, focusing inwardly upon an image of an open sky.

All day long he had felt a restlessness, like a storm was brewing, but it focused inwardly rather than on the land around him.

Still the laran workers stood, eyes closed, focused inwardly.

Rakoff described the first person essays that comprise the collection as more inwardly focused than his later work.

The journals tend to be more inwardly focused and offer fewer links than blogs, although the categories overlap.