Examples of southbound in a Sentence
The southbound lanes are closed to traffic.
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As dispatchers began to understand the magnitude of the crash, Ward and his MedStar partner, Cody Riley, walked across five lanes of icy road and over the slick concrete barrier that separates the two southbound express lanes from the rest of the highway.
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Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
Colorado State Patrol The first truck came to a stop in the southbound lanes before catching fire.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
All traffic entering Biscayne Boulevard at Chopin Plaza will be re-routed to the southbound lanes at Southeast First Street to Northeast Second Street, where the counter-flow will return to a normal traffic pattern.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
The collision sent the Civic across the grass median and into the southbound lanes where it was struck by a Honda Accord on the passenger side, where 14-year-old Chloe Alyssa Ramsubhag of Waterbury was seated, the warrant affidavit said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
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Nichole Manna, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
Colorado State Patrol The first truck came to a stop in the southbound lanes before catching fire.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
All traffic entering Biscayne Boulevard at Chopin Plaza will be re-routed to the southbound lanes at Southeast First Street to Northeast Second Street, where the counter-flow will return to a normal traffic pattern.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
The collision sent the Civic across the grass median and into the southbound lanes where it was struck by a Honda Accord on the passenger side, where 14-year-old Chloe Alyssa Ramsubhag of Waterbury was seated, the warrant affidavit said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Southbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southbound. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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southbound
adjective
south·bound
ˈsau̇th-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed south
a southbound train
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