Examples of southbound in a Sentence
The southbound lanes are closed to traffic.
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At night, both northbound and southbound traffic are reduced to one lane in each direction.
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Da Lin, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Ariyonna Orozco and Piper Conkling were out for a late-night drive with three friends on Scott Road when their car crossed into the southbound lane, collided with a tree just north of Latrobe Road and burst into flames.
—Reeti Malhotra
may 23, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
According to the crash log, the Nissan collided with a Ford F-150 pickup truck that was driving south in the southbound lanes of the highway.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
Installation would occur on the northbound side of the bridge for roughly one year, followed by roughly one year of installation on the southbound side.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
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Da Lin, CBS News, 23 May 2026
Ariyonna Orozco and Piper Conkling were out for a late-night drive with three friends on Scott Road when their car crossed into the southbound lane, collided with a tree just north of Latrobe Road and burst into flames.
—Reeti Malhotra
may 23, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
According to the crash log, the Nissan collided with a Ford F-150 pickup truck that was driving south in the southbound lanes of the highway.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026
Installation would occur on the northbound side of the bridge for roughly one year, followed by roughly one year of installation on the southbound side.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
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“Southbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southbound. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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southbound
adjective
south·bound
ˈsau̇th-ˌbau̇nd 
: headed south
a southbound train
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