eastbound
traveling, proceeding, or headed east: an eastbound train.
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How to use eastbound in a sentence
The single-span concrete structure located north of Lane Place carries pedestrians eastbound and westbound above Route 295 — also known as the Anacostia Freeway — in a busy commuter corridor connecting to Route 50 and interstates 295, 495 and 95.
Collapsed D.C. pedestrian bridge was in poor condition before hit by truck, didn’t meet height standards | Luz Lazo, Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | June 24, 2021 | Washington PostOne particular eastbound flight could have saved one-sixth of the fuel it actually burned.
Surfing the winds would make future jet travel greener | Harini Barath | April 16, 2021 | Science News For StudentsFor instance, eastbound flights can get a powerful boost from the vigorous jet stream.
Surfing the winds would make future jet travel greener | Harini Barath | April 16, 2021 | Science News For StudentsPolice said a motorcycle driver was eastbound on the parkway when he veered into the center median and hit a Jeep Liberty going in the opposite direction.
Four killed in separate traffic incidents Thursday in D.C. region | Dana Hedgpeth | March 12, 2021 | Washington PostInvestigators think the man was hit by a tractor-trailer as he tried to cross the eastbound lanes of the highway.
Police working to identify pedestrian struck, killed while crossing Md. highway | Katie Mettler | January 21, 2021 | Washington Post
I followed her on Twitter, like the rest of the world, and eastbound & Down was airing at the time.
Inside the Mind of The Mindy Project’s Resident Weirdo, Ike Barinholtz | Kevin Fallon | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI spend an alarming amount of time watching back episodes of The Wire, eastbound and Down, and Girls.
eastbound & Down was probably one of my favorite shows of the past few years.
‘Treme’ Writer and Detective Novelist George Pelecanos: How I Write | Noah Charney | September 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe conductor on the Fast Mail, eastbound, on the night in question, ought to have been the next witness.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeHence there would still be forty-one minutes running time to be divided between the eastbound train and the westbound engine.
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeEven as late as 1882, over four-fifths of the eastbound trunk line traffic originated not further west than Illinois.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyIn 1870 this eastbound traffic was about three times as great as the tonnage west bound.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyThe great increase of eastbound shipments and the demand for return lading at any price was undoubtedly the cause.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
British Dictionary definitions for eastbound
/ (ˈiːstˌbaʊnd) /
going or leading towards the east
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