Examples of northbound in a Sentence
The northbound lanes are closed.
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The northbound lanes of Interstate 75, which runs west from Fort Lauderdale to Naples before heading north through Tampa and into Georgia, were gridlocked for much of Monday and into Tuesday morning.
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Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
All northbound lanes of the bridge were closed at 4:30 a.m. as parts of the shoulder and roadway were washed out by the perilously close water.
—NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
The train service is lengthening the schedule of northbound Adirondack, as well as Southbound Maple Leaf by an 1.5 hours and 1 hour, respectively.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2024
Investigators found that a motorcycle operator was traveling rapidly southbound on New Cut Road and collided with the side of an SUV that was turning out of Iroquois Park onto northbound New Cut Road.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 5 Oct. 2024
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Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
All northbound lanes of the bridge were closed at 4:30 a.m. as parts of the shoulder and roadway were washed out by the perilously close water.
—NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
The train service is lengthening the schedule of northbound Adirondack, as well as Southbound Maple Leaf by an 1.5 hours and 1 hour, respectively.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2024
Investigators found that a motorcycle operator was traveling rapidly southbound on New Cut Road and collided with the side of an SUV that was turning out of Iroquois Park onto northbound New Cut Road.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Northbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/northbound. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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northbound
adjective
north·bound
ˈnȯrth-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed north
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