Examples of southbound in a Sentence
The southbound lanes are closed to traffic.
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The southbound side of Commonwealth Place is also closed to allow for a staging area, leading to traffic, at times, around the Wyndham Hotel.
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Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Affected will be the connectors from southbound I-405 to northbound SR-55 and from northbound I-405 to southbound SR-55.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
The vehicle then hit the adult female pedestrian while making a left turn onto southbound White Road.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
MoDOT budgeted $92 million to replace the northbound bridge and rehabilitate the southbound bridge, built in 2001, according to Brooke Rohlfing, MoDOT spokesperson.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
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Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Affected will be the connectors from southbound I-405 to northbound SR-55 and from northbound I-405 to southbound SR-55.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
The vehicle then hit the adult female pedestrian while making a left turn onto southbound White Road.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
MoDOT budgeted $92 million to replace the northbound bridge and rehabilitate the southbound bridge, built in 2001, according to Brooke Rohlfing, MoDOT spokesperson.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Southbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southbound. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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southbound
adjective
south·bound
ˈsau̇th-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed south
a southbound train
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