inner voice

collocation in English

meaningsofinnerandvoice

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inner
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɪn.ər/us
/ˈɪn.ɚ/
inside or contained within ...
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voice
noun
uk
/vɔɪs/us
/vɔɪs/
the sounds that are made when people speak ...
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(Definition ofinnerandvoicefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinner voice

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It then lists key features of theinnervoice, and demonstrates that it is quite different to the outer voice.
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In most other cases the best solution would seem to be to add a singleinnervoicea sixth above the bass.
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Sometimes in these parts you can't afford to be deaf to the smallinnervoicewarning of self-preservation.
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Chafe's definition ofinnervoicerecalls the goals of rhetorical punctuation in the days when texts were largely read aloud.
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But aninnervoicetells me that it is not the real thing.
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He tells his himself, hisinnervoiceto leave him alone.
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The most interesting case is when the lines link aninnervoiceto the upper voice.
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He depended upon hisinnervoice, which was unverifiable.
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She credited aninnervoiceand continued to advocate for the memorial for years without success.
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Aninnervoiceprompted him to sing the hymn that he found on the train.
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He obeyed theinnervoice, went to the bookcase, and randomly opened a book.
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So the most natural extension of this process is to psychologically switch the repetition mechanism frominnervoiceto the physiological spoken voice.
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It talks about women basically listening to theirinnervoiceand knowing that they will never disappoint themselves.
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In 1682 hisinnervoicetold him to engage in writing and to publish books in order to propagate temperance and nonviolence.
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The second is a sub-vocal rehearsal process to keep refreshing the memory trace by the using onesinnervoice.
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For example, the player would have had to choose his path in his own mental realm upon hearing hisinnervoice.
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Their book introduces a method for externalizing the criticalinnervoicein order to turn self-criticisms into statements that can be evaluated objectively.
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The phonological loop contributes to the study of the role of subvocalization and theinnervoicein auditory imagery.
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There is also a limited ability within the interval notation to allow, for instance, aninnervoiceto move briefly with rhythmic independence from the other voices.
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By measure 20, the kernel of measure 3 is varied drastically, into a transcendent sequence that introduces aninnervoiceand offsets the main theme.
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