Meanings of turn inwards in English

The leaves, which turn inwards, are of a very dark green colour.

You do feel a stronger shiver when Kiwanuka's thoughts turn inwards.

The Hogans, and John in particular, began to turn inwards.

If countries " turn inwards", it will undercut growth and prosperity for all.

It enabled me to turn inwards, and watch her unobtrusively.

The leadership being enacted by entire communities who have the most reason to turn inwards.

When Becker left, it was thought the Djokovic camp would turn inwards again and remain strong.

It is plaited of serpents' backs, wattled together like wicker work, whose heads turn inwards, vomiting poison.

The UK was not going to turn inwards, but rather outwards, as a cosmopolitan champion of free trade.

They turn inwards -grow eccentric.

In times of economic hardship, the temptation to turn inwards and play the nationalism card has proved too tempting.

If there was an underlying message to the 60s' careening momentum, it was that rage could turn inwards to self-destruction.

Repeated infections make a person's eyelashes turn inwards, so that they scrape the surface of the eyes with every blink.

One might expect people facing hardship to turn inwards; instead, they came round and asked me if they could do my shopping.

As Europe and the US turn inwards to tackle their own crises, it could be a tough couple of years for the Brics.

That belief makes some young men turn inwards, convinced there's little point in studying and job-seeking because racism will inevitably hold them back.