Sentence examples similar to opening inward from inspiring English sources
She turned the knob back and forth and pushed, and it opened inward.
The space of this horrific scene closes up and opens inward in disorienting waves.
It feels more as though the doors have opened inward and the world of black theater is streaming out.
But there was one slight logistical problem: The stalls in the otherwise lovely women's bathroom were narrow, and all the doors opened inward.
The astronauts had almost no hope of escaping because of the numerous latches on the spacecraft's hatch, which opened inward to the pressurized cabin.
They also cited doors leading to stairwells that could be breached by smoke or heat, and emergency exits that opened inward.
The inspection found an inadequate number of fire extinguishers; partly blocked exit routes; an absence of battery-powered, backup emergency lights on the work floor to help workers escape in case of a power failure; and three exit doors on the ground floor that opened inward, a feature that can prove fatal when hundreds of workers are rushing and pushing to escape a blaze.
The 828 violations, noted last month in a series of inspections after the fire, ranged from maintenance lapses, like overcrowded storage closets, burned-out light bulbs and missing ceiling tiles, to more serious problems like broken fire exit signs, missing fire extinguishers and emergency exits that opened inward.
Other doors only opened inward and were blocked by the stampede of workers struggling to escape.
They had an old iron stove in the kitchen which was both oven and water heater, and the "refrigerator" was a wooden crate attached to the outside of the kitchen accessible through a window that opened inward.
