bound for

Example Sentences

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Beside Grant, who is bound for the Portland Cascade, there will be 12 other former Bruins sprinkled among the league’s six rosters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

At a Frito-Lay warehouse in Phoenix, workers load Cheetos and Doritos onto Gatik trucks daily, bound for dozens of locations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Next to them, a bachelorette party bound for Croatia sips Champagne.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Islam, whose Bangladesh-owned ship the Banglar Joyjatra is carrying about 37,000 tonnes of fertiliser bound for South Africa, has twice tried to leave in the months since.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

He was with two women and five men, all handcuffed, all bound for Nigeria, and they were marched, at Heathrow Airport, through security and immigration and onto the plane, while other passengers stared.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie