How to Use inbound in a Sentence

inbound

adjective
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  • Moeller pushed down the court and twice had inbound plays.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Smart stole a lazy James inbound pass and scored a layup.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Paul was then fouled on the inbound pass and made two to secure the win.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2021
  • One of the two inbound lanes is closed at 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 7 p.m.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • On the brink of defeat, the Cavs set up what seemed to be an inbound lob pass for James.
    — cleveland, 25 Jan. 2021
  • On the next play, Andre Jackson stole the ball on the inbound pass to put the game away with 1:47 left.
    — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 8 Feb. 2022
  • And inbound tourism overall runs to more than 10% of Thai GDP.
    — Mike Bird, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • That is despite inbound travel to the U.S. still running at 70% in the first three months of the year.
    — Telis Demos, WSJ, 3 May 2022
  • Yet so much nicer than the steamy stuff inbound for the holiday.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • 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
  • More inbound pathogen might further increase the amount of virus that sticks around to run roughshod over the body.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The largest net gain belonged to Vermont, where 74% of moves were inbound.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Jae'Lyn Withers reeled in an inbound pass with 2.8 seconds left but seemed to be unaware of the time on the clock.
    — Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • Other than that, a new round of coldest-of-the-season (so far) air is inbound.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2020
  • But Suggs took the inbound pass, dribbled just past midcourt and launched the shot.
    — Eddie Pells, baltimoresun.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Trent Frazier stole the inbound pass to seal the victory.
    — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Perhaps an inbound barge filled with trash had spilled.
    — Jeremy Greene, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2023
  • After being fouled on the inbound pass, Lucas sunk two free throws to put the Beavers up by three.
    — oregonlive, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Langford hit another free throw, and Hall caught the inbound pass to run out the clock and send the MSU bench onto the floor in joy.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • After the ball was knocked out of bounds with four seconds on the shot clock, the inbound pass went to freshman JD Davison.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Guyer had a chance to win the game, but a near turnover on the inbound pass led to last-ditch heave, that was unsuccessful.
    — Joe Hoyt, Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2021
  • The 81% free throw shooter sank both foul shots, to put the Longhorns ahead for good as Tech would not be able to get a shot off in the ensuing inbound pass.
    — Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • There are also likely to be extra post-flight charges for extra flight time, the security stops inbound and other expenses that will be passed along to the customer.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • With more center backs inbound than outbound on a team already heavy in defensive numbers, the move indicates Edwards will have another shot at more minutes this year.
    — Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025

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