Examples of inbound in a Sentence
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Flightradar24, a flight tracking site, said inbound flights are holding or diverting.
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
At the same time, multiple flights were inbound for landing, and Frontier Flight 4195 was taxiing in close proximity to the emergency equipment, which needed to cross runway 4 to reach the United Airlines aircraft.
—Colleen Mondor, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Pilot Antoine Forest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther died after their jet — inbound from Montreal with 72 passengers and two other crew members aboard — smashed into an airport fire-rescue truck during a landing on Runway 4.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Both inbound and outbound service on the Metra Union Pacific-West line is running with extensive delays after a train hit a semi-trailer truck near west suburban Berkeley during the Monday evening rush.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
At the same time, multiple flights were inbound for landing, and Frontier Flight 4195 was taxiing in close proximity to the emergency equipment, which needed to cross runway 4 to reach the United Airlines aircraft.
—Colleen Mondor, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Pilot Antoine Forest and First Officer Mackenzie Gunther died after their jet — inbound from Montreal with 72 passengers and two other crew members aboard — smashed into an airport fire-rescue truck during a landing on Runway 4.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Both inbound and outbound service on the Metra Union Pacific-West line is running with extensive delays after a train hit a semi-trailer truck near west suburban Berkeley during the Monday evening rush.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Inbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inbound. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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inbound
adjective
in·bound
ˈin-ˌbau̇nd 
: inward bound
inbound traffic
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