northbound

How to use northbound in a sentence

• In Virginia-Carolina territory, today, about three-fifths of the loaded mileage is north bound.

  Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley

• A few minutes later the two were on a north-bound Broadway car.

  The Walking Delegate | Leroy Scott

• The north-bound mid-afternoon express bore away the bridal pair for a week's absence.

  Bylow Hill | George Washington Cable

• The Kid openly boarded the north-bound passenger train that departed five minutes later.

  Roads of Destiny | O. Henry

• It was absolutely essential that I should not let the next north-bound steamer go by.

  A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell