How to Use inbound in a Sentence

inbound

adjective

• 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 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
• But Suggs took the inbound pass, dribbled just past midcourt and launched the shot.
  — Eddie Pells, baltimoresun.com, 3 Apr. 2021
• Perhaps an inbound barge filled with trash had spilled.
  — Jeremy Greene, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2023
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 5 Mar. 2022
• 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
• Debris fell from the ceiling Monday night on the inbound platform.
  — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• Those states rank 1 and 2 for inbound retirees in a recent report from AARP.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
• Lillard took the inbound pass and went upcourt, didn’t have a shot and then had the ball knocked loose by Payne as time expired to force overtime.
  — oregonlive, 14 Dec. 2021
• 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
• The share of inbound jobs shows how many people are moving out-of-state for new jobs, compared to the total number of job-to-job transitions both into and out of the state.
  — Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2024
• Within the last few years, NASA and other space agencies have taken steps to protect humanity from threats posed by asteroids and other inbound space rocks, such as comets.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025