"move inward" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to physically or mentally move towards the center or interior of something. Example: The caterpillar moved inward towards the center of the leaf to form its cocoon.
Both sets of dislocations move inward toward the neutral axis.
Press down hard enough to make the chest move inward about 1.5 to 2 inches.
Titanium nitride (TiNx) appeared at the outmost surface, but the low solubility of Al in the TiNx phase made Al atom to move inward.
Therefore, some form of friction that dissipates angular momentum is necessary for the matter to move inward and accretion to take place.
Investigators learned that when the doors are raised to the open position, sliding panels above them move inward and can chafe the electrical wiring in those areas.
Within the jet, pressure, temperature and density are not uniform, creating internal shock waves that move inward and outward as faster regions within the jet collide with slower ones.
The Grand Tack, in which Jupiter moves inward and then outward, explains Mars's small size.
It defies the expectations fostered by Lee's prior films; it steps back even as it moves inward.
Here the rosy gaze on the growing humaneness of our species moves inward to mind, brain and behaviour.
This rapid expansion has created two X-ray emitting shock waves - one moving outward into the interstellar gas, and another moving inward into the stellar debris.
Some studies estimate that during planet formation, 20-3020-30percentplacquirecquire moons moving inward and destined for destruction, though they would have long since disappeared.
