Examples of southbound in a Sentence
The southbound lanes are closed to traffic.
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The road diet is expected to add 45 seconds of travel time while going northbound and 1 minute and 17 seconds while going southbound.
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Policy say Sellars was on his motorcycle waiting at a stop light in a southbound lane of Old Hickory Boulevard when a silver Mercedes SUV struck him from behind.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
An officer determined the position and damage to the vehicles indicated the northbound Ford that Brunner was driving turned left into the path of the southbound Jeep, the complaint said.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Nechville’s Dodge Ram pickup truck also had significant front-end damage, and was facing northbound in the southbound lane of Minnesota 56.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Policy say Sellars was on his motorcycle waiting at a stop light in a southbound lane of Old Hickory Boulevard when a silver Mercedes SUV struck him from behind.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2025
An officer determined the position and damage to the vehicles indicated the northbound Ford that Brunner was driving turned left into the path of the southbound Jeep, the complaint said.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Nechville’s Dodge Ram pickup truck also had significant front-end damage, and was facing northbound in the southbound lane of Minnesota 56.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Southbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southbound. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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southbound
adjective
south·bound
ˈsau̇th-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed south
a southbound train
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