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

PHOENIX—A 26,000-pound box truck loaded with Doritos and Frito-Lay chips rolls out of a distribution center, bound for a Walmart store about 4 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 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

By 10:30, he has collected lunchboxes from homes and small kitchens across his neighbourhood and loaded them onto trains bound for offices across the city.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The mage told him, and at once he named a ship bound for the Inmost Sea aboard which Ged might go as passenger.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin