inward-looking

Just as Friends is an inward-looking simulation of six distinct personalities in very limited number of locations (coffee shop, apartment, balcony).

Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Duncan Gough 2009

Just as Friends is an inward-looking simulation of six distinct personalities in very limited number of locations (coffee shop, apartment, balcony).

Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Fictive Worlds 2009

In the minds of Evangelicals, they were recreating the Puritan's self-exile from England by looking for a purer and better place, this time not a geographical "place" but a sanctuary within their minds and in inward-looking schools and churches undisturbed by facts.

Frank Schaeffer: The Roots of Republican Actions Today Frank Schaeffer 2011

Just as Friends is an inward-looking simulation of six distinct personalities in very limited number of locations (coffee shop, apartment, balcony).

Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Sit-Com Casual Games 2009

In the minds of Evangelicals, they were recreating the Puritan's self-exile from England by looking for a purer and better place, this time not a geographical "place" but a sanctuary within their minds and in inward-looking schools and churches undisturbed by facts.

Frank Schaeffer: The "Reason" Republicans Despise Unions, Government and Anything Public Frank Schaeffer 2011

There are television shows and whiny bands that cater to teenage angst, but I take angst to be primarily inward-looking.

Love and War and Teenagers | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

The pleasures in this section of the book are few, and the author herself comes close to sounding self-absorbed, inward-looking and resentful rather than being the outward-looking observer that so charms in the rest of the memoir.

A Longing to Feed Her Neighbors Michael Ruhlman 2011

However, with actresses such as Marion Cotillard winning best actress for the French film La Vie en Rose, even the traditionally inward-looking Oscars have gained a more global outlook.

If it's September it must be Venice: but Europe's film festivals face a new threat 2011

In contrast, Germany's tough immigration laws, a rigid labor code and more inward-looking hiring practices have kept it from importing enough skilled labor to compensate.

Exodus of Skilled Labor Saps Germany Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

Other characters include Maggie, a keen but green young journalist; Ellen, the supportive owner of the hotel, who has her own worries; and various suspicious, inward-looking locals who don't take kindly to what they see as outside interference.

Book review Maxine 2009