Noun
inner workings pl (plural only)
The mechanisms that function internally to a system and are not outwardly visible
Nobody really understands the inner workings of politics.
Does a population have informed consent when that population is not taught the inner workings of its monetary system, and then is drawn, all unknowing, into economic adventures? Frank Herbert
I know nothing about Russia. I know - I know about Russia, but I know nothing about the inner workings of Russia. Donald Trump
I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a degree of both humility and charity when judging the inner workings of another person's heart. Khaled Hosseini
For centuries, magicians have intuitively taken advantage of the inner workings of our brains. Neil deGrasse Tyson
I love that men like to look at women, that they love sports, that they need to know the inner workings of mechanical objects. I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys. Krista Allen
The Internet is a bright spot for our struggling economy and functioning just fine without what amounts to a federal pat-down of the inner workings of the Internet. Mary Bono