How to Use underway in a Sentence

underway

adjective
  • Stay here while the famed Round Top Antiques Fair is underway.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But, talks to work with Democrats are already underway.
    Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The first of the trials is now underway in New York, where the last of 12 jurors were selected Thursday.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Construction on the venue has been underway for five years.
    NBC news, 17 May 2023
  • Efforts are also underway to build high-speed rail in Texas and in Seattle.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
  • Change was underway and continued through the summer, with more staff shifts.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Plans for a 2025 Oscar campaign for the film are also underway.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The boom times for Japanese anime have been underway for some time.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Still, on a smaller scale, there are such efforts underway.
    Kamala Thiagarajan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • In San Marcos, plans are underway to build a $267 million film studio.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The three got close fast while training in the ring months before production got underway in Baton Rouge.
    Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • So thanks to whatever info Yuri tortured out of him, the project could very well be back underway in Russia right now.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 16 May 2023
  • The search for Vale’s successor is underway, the company said in a release.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • Ski season is well underway in Aspen, Colorado — which was this year named one of the best places to go in 2024 by Travel + Leisure editors.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The spring break travel is now underway and will last until early April, with Easter landing on March 31.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
  • In January 2023, Disney announced that production for the film was underway by posting a behind-the-scenes clip of the cast in the studio.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Construction of the first data center building is underway and a second is planned on that site.
    Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2024
  • The death toll is likely to climb, officials have warned, as the Israeli ground offensive against Hamas gets underway.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • With a focus on broadcast shows, prep and pre-production are well underway.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • There was a third pilot in the cockpit who was helping, so the captain decided against parking the aircraft while that last-minute work was underway.
    Pete Muntean, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • However, the real royalty of the night has yet to be crowned as the competition is still underway.
    Ello! May 13, Vulture, 13 May 2023
  • The match then got underway for four minutes but was postponed again for another hour due to nearby lightning strikes.
    Issy Ronald, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Once the tree’s fungal infection is underway, the beetles indulge in a fungi feast.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2024
  • With so much hinging on refilling the ranks, efforts are underway to draw more Ukrainian women into the army.
    Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • This game gets underway on Friday, August 11 at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m.
    oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The search for a suspect who allegedly threw cans of fire at a group of people in a New York City subway station remains underway, police said.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Around 7,000 workers will be needed when construction gets underway next year around building the Ellinikon mall.
    Eleni Chrepa, Fortune Europe, 4 May 2024
  • The threat of a strike on a much smaller scale still loomed while negotiations were underway Thursday evening with Wynn Resorts.
    Rio Yamat, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Funerals were underway for the victims on Monday, the party said in a series of posts on social media.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 31 July 2023
  • But projects like the Green Plan, a bold 10-year sustainable development program, show that change is underway.
    Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2023

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