How to Use inbound in a Sentence

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• Smart stole a lazy James inbound pass and scored a layup.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
• That represents 24% of the outbound schedule and 29% of the inbound schedule for the day.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 27 June 2023
• The airline said 23 of its inbound flights were delayed.
  — Chron, 5 Feb. 2023
• The Spartans then stole the inbound pass and hit the game-winning three-pointer as time expired.
  — Todd Pearce, Arkansas Online, 4 Dec. 2022
• All inbound and outbound traffic at the base was stopped.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
• Hartley reentered the game at the start of the fourth quarter and snagged a New York inbound pass for her first steal as a member of the Sun.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2022
• Perhaps an inbound barge filled with trash had spilled.
  — Jeremy Greene, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2023
• This week’s chart shows the metros with the highest share of inbound rental migration and those with the lowest.
  — Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• Which, had the Wildcats not allowed a dunk off an inbound pass in the closing seconds, would have been the night’s final point.
  — Ryan Black, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
• Debris fell from the ceiling Monday night on the inbound platform.
  — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• In the past year, the Chinese authorities have tried to spur more inbound travel.
  — Tiffany May, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• Be sure to factor in mailing time — outbound and inbound.
  — Andrea Sachs, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
• DeRozan calmly swished the free throws after taking the inbound pass and firing up a 3 in which he was fouled by Bogdanovic.
  — George Henry, ajc, 12 Dec. 2022
• First, Wright first tipped the ball out of bounds after Spencer Dinwiddie’s inbound pass to Doncic.
  — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
• The inbound play was affected from the start after Samuell Williamson deflected a pass.
  — Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2023
• In Tatum’s favorite moment of the past season, Deuce reached out from the sidelines to swat Marcus Smart’s behind on an inbound pass.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
• Red tones reveal strong flow outbound from the radar; green shades show opposing flow, inbound toward the radar.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 5 July 2022
• Importers wary of potential work slowdowns or a strike at the key gateways for Asia trade have pushed more inbound goods to East and Gulf Coast ports since then.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
• Hagerstown has already spiked to Code Red this afternoon and that air is inbound to the local area into tonight.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
• Kentucky led 62-60 near the end of regulation when Tshiebwe lost Hall on an inbound pass.
  — Michael Marot, ajc, 16 Nov. 2022
• And as inbound tourism recovers, Haneda – which has been crowned the world’s most punctual mega-airport – hopes to ride that wave.
  — Emi Jozuka, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
• The bridge will consist of six lanes for vehicles, for inbound and outbound traffic, and one multi-use lane.
  — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2023
• The biggest sequence of the half for the Indians was a Ramirez three pointer followed by an inbound steal and quick layup by Alex Peterson.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
• For those who want the darkest black paint imaginable, KoPro's Musou Black paint is said to absorb 99.6% of inbound light.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 6 July 2022
• After Dorsey made a costly turnover on an inbound pass — drawing the ire of Harried — the Lakers got another big stop when Brown missed a 3-point try from the left side.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2022
• With outbound crates at the front and inbound crates at the back, Emery executives demanded a decluttering of the dock.
  — Dan Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• All told, a carrier strike group has enough hardware to intercept dozens of inbound missiles from as far away as 200 miles.
  — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2023
• Roughly 67% of moves were inbound, while 33% were outbound, the company’s data show.
  — Kristine De Leon, oregonlive, 11 Jan. 2023
• The Pelicans thought a chance to tie in the final seconds was taken away when officials made errors on an inbound play.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 4 Feb. 2023
• The game-winner was set up by Lillard, who collected an inbound pass, brought the ball up court and eventually worked it to Hart, who was wide open in the corner.
  — oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024