indoors

[ in-dawrz, -dohrz ]

adverb

1. in or into a house or building:

   We stayed indoors during the storm.

indoors

/ ˌɪnˈdɔːz /

adverb

1. postpositive inside or into a house or other building

Word History and Origins

Origin of indoors¹

1780–90; indoor + -s 1

Example Sentences

Spending a lot of time indoors will likely result in you discovering something about yourself.

From Popular-Science

Only remove your mask indoors if you’re in your own home or in special circumstances, like eating in a restaurant that observes proper physical distancing between tables.

From Popular-Science

What the league discovered through its exhaustive efforts — and various outbreaks and setbacks from Baltimore to Tennessee — is that in-person meetings of even less than 15 minutes indoors could sicken people, with poor ventilation and no masking.

From Washington Post

He’s job hunting, and he said that if he was offered a position that put him indoors on Valentine’s Day, “I would have to take it.”

From ProPublica

People are dying because of our failure in this country to effectively utilize proven methods of stopping the spread of the disease, particularly mask wearing and not gathering in large crowds indoors.

From Time

In Diyarbakır, a PKK stronghold, protestors defied orders to remain indoors.

From The Daily Beast

In immense pain, Neymar was stretchered off and taken straight indoors.

From The Daily Beast

After being released, he stayed for a month in New York, mostly indoors, trying to get used to his crutches.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, not only were no stunt doubles involved, but not one scene was filmed indoors.

From The Daily Beast

Vitamin D3—Most of you reading this are probably vitamin D deficient if you wear clothes and work indoors.

From The Daily Beast

She had left her chair, meaning to go indoors and prepare for supper before Tony actually arrived.

From Project Gutenberg

But she did not mind; there appeared to be a hundred different things demanding her attention indoors.

From Project Gutenberg

"She thinks that we are foundlings," said the Twins, and they trotted indoors to the evening meal.

From Project Gutenberg

Or else she stayed indoors and nursed a mood with which she was becoming too familiar for her own comfort and peace of mind.

From Project Gutenberg

With a deep sigh he turned indoors for his hat, and went strolling down the avenue.

From Project Gutenberg