Examples of westbound in a Sentence
Traffic in the westbound lane is backing up.
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The Blue Water also departs from Chicago and travels westbound to Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and East Lansing, Michigan, with intermediate stops before reaching Port Huron.
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The suspects then ran westbound on Alum Rock Avenue over the Highway 101 overpass and continued northbound on North 27th Street through a fast-food eatery parking lot.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Callan’s vehicle flipped over and landed in the westbound lane.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Detour by using the I-43 southbound/I-894 westbound exit ramp to 76th Street and West Layton Avenue.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The suspects then ran westbound on Alum Rock Avenue over the Highway 101 overpass and continued northbound on North 27th Street through a fast-food eatery parking lot.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Callan’s vehicle flipped over and landed in the westbound lane.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Detour by using the I-43 southbound/I-894 westbound exit ramp to 76th Street and West Layton Avenue.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Westbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/westbound. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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westbound
adjective
west·bound
ˈwes(t)-ˌbau̇nd 
: going west
a westbound train
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