Examples of southbound in a Sentence
The southbound lanes are closed to traffic.
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The crash happened around 3:40 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-95, the FHP said.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2025
The Springdale Fire Department responded to the blaze at 10:07 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the interstate between the Wagon Wheel Road and Elm Springs Road exits, according to Capt. Justin Pinkley, department spokesman.
—Chris Swindle, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Initially, only the southbound lanes were closed early Tuesday morning, but by 5:45 a.m., Scottsdale police expanded the closure to include northbound lanes as well.
—Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Images of the crash showed a small plane in the median between northbound and southbound traffic on the Interstate 684 highway near the Westchester County Airport.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2025
The Springdale Fire Department responded to the blaze at 10:07 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the interstate between the Wagon Wheel Road and Elm Springs Road exits, according to Capt. Justin Pinkley, department spokesman.
—Chris Swindle, arkansasonline.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Initially, only the southbound lanes were closed early Tuesday morning, but by 5:45 a.m., Scottsdale police expanded the closure to include northbound lanes as well.
—Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Images of the crash showed a small plane in the median between northbound and southbound traffic on the Interstate 684 highway near the Westchester County Airport.
—Hank Sanders, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Southbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southbound. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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southbound
adjective
south·bound
ˈsau̇th-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed south
a southbound train
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