Examples of westbound in a Sentence
Traffic in the westbound lane is backing up.
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Investigators said the bus was traveling northbound on Kipling and as the bus attempted to turn left onto westbound West 6th Avenue, it was struck by an SUV that was traveling southbound on Kipling at a very high rate of speed.
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Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
The vehicle crash occurred in the westbound lanes of Kammerer Road just west of Highway 99.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The incident happened on westbound lanes of the freeway near Sunland Boulevard in the Shadow Hills area, the Los Angeles Fire Department told CBS News.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
About 10 minutes after the crash, both the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Kansas City District sent alerts on X that westbound I-70 was closed at Mile Marker 28, just east of the Oak Grove crash.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Dec. 2025
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Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
The vehicle crash occurred in the westbound lanes of Kammerer Road just west of Highway 99.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
The incident happened on westbound lanes of the freeway near Sunland Boulevard in the Shadow Hills area, the Los Angeles Fire Department told CBS News.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
About 10 minutes after the crash, both the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Kansas City District sent alerts on X that westbound I-70 was closed at Mile Marker 28, just east of the Oak Grove crash.
—Kansas City Star, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Westbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/westbound. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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westbound
adjective
west·bound
ˈwes(t)-ˌbau̇nd 
: going west
a westbound train
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