How to Use inbound in a Sentence

inbound

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• Smart stole a lazy James inbound pass and scored a layup.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
• Paul was then fouled on the inbound pass and made two to secure the win.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2021
• One of the two inbound lanes is closed at 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 7 p.m.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2021
• On the next play, Andre Jackson stole the ball on the inbound pass to put the game away with 1:47 left.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 8 Feb. 2022
• That is despite inbound travel to the U.S. still running at 70% in the first three months of the year.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 3 May 2022
• Yet so much nicer than the steamy stuff inbound for the holiday.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
• That represents 24% of the outbound schedule and 29% of the inbound schedule for the day.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
• The airline said 23 of its inbound flights were delayed.
  — Chron, 5 Feb. 2023
• More inbound pathogen might further increase the amount of virus that sticks around to run roughshod over the body.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021
• The largest net gain belonged to Vermont, where 74% of moves were inbound.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
• The Spartans then stole the inbound pass and hit the game-winning three-pointer as time expired.
  — Todd Pearce, Arkansas Online, 4 Dec. 2022
• All inbound and outbound traffic at the base was stopped.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
• Hartley reentered the game at the start of the fourth quarter and snagged a New York inbound pass for her first steal as a member of the Sun.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2022
• Perhaps an inbound barge filled with trash had spilled.
  — Jeremy Greene, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2023
• This week’s chart shows the metros with the highest share of inbound rental migration and those with the lowest.
  — Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• After the ball was knocked out of bounds with four seconds on the shot clock, the inbound pass went to freshman JD Davison.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 5 Mar. 2022
• Which, had the Wildcats not allowed a dunk off an inbound pass in the closing seconds, would have been the night’s final point.
  — Ryan Black, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
• Debris fell from the ceiling Monday night on the inbound platform.
  — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• Those states rank 1 and 2 for inbound retirees in a recent report from AARP.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
• Lillard took the inbound pass and went upcourt, didn’t have a shot and then had the ball knocked loose by Payne as time expired to force overtime.
  — oregonlive, 14 Dec. 2021
• In the past year, the Chinese authorities have tried to spur more inbound travel.
  — Tiffany May, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• Be sure to factor in mailing time — outbound and inbound.
  — Andrea Sachs, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
• DeRozan calmly swished the free throws after taking the inbound pass and firing up a 3 in which he was fouled by Bogdanovic.
  — George Henry, ajc, 12 Dec. 2022
• First, Wright first tipped the ball out of bounds after Spencer Dinwiddie’s inbound pass to Doncic.
  — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
• There were 10 cities that stood out in terms of inbound search activity, Redfin said.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2022
• Makalusky fought through a couple defenders, clearing just enough space along the far wing to catch the inbound pass and launch her sixth 3-point attempt of the game.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2022
• The captain of an inbound steamer, the Ewing, a revenue cutter approaching the bay, gave this account to The Sun of the quake’s strike.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 26 Aug. 2021
• The inbound play was affected from the start after Samuell Williamson deflected a pass.
  — Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2023
• Xinhua says outbound and inbound travel volumes hit a record.
  — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
• Police dispatch requested inbound trains to be stopped, yet a train was already inbound.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024