How to Use incoming in a Sentence

incoming

adjective
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  • All incoming phone calls are monitored for quality control.
  • The incoming swell could be strong enough to cause new damage to the pier.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Wind, waves, and incoming storms add to the list of dangers in South Haven.
    — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2024
  • The one thing the incoming chefs couldn’t erase on the menu was the Tabard’s doughnut, a longtime staple on the brunch menu.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But in the West Bank, the incoming figures were greeted with shrugs.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Most of my work has been incoming calls, and a lot of that has to do with living in New York and not L.A.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Johnson is the eighth player in the area to commit to TCU’s incoming class.
    — Greg McKenna, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • There was a flash, and the whoosh of several incoming shells sent the team diving into the mud.
    — Michael Schwirtz David Guttenfelder, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
  • In total, 88% of incoming corps members for the greater Delta region are from the area, a 33-year high.
    — Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The Turnagain Arm is a body of water that has one of the fastest incoming tides in the world, McDaniel said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 May 2023
  • The soldiers heard the whistle of the incoming rockets and had seconds to dive for cover.
    — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • All the tables are dressed with brass grills, which a server swabs with a chunk of tallow so the incoming meat doesn’t stick.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • Two of the girls are rushing as sophomores, and the other two are incoming freshmen.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 24 May 2023
  • The more episodes in 9-1-1’s library, the more incoming revenue to Disney over the long-term syndication life of the show.
    — Emergency! May 1, Vulture, 1 May 2023
  • As a result, a researcher’s incoming net lights up like a Christmas tree, and most fish simply get out of the way.
    — WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
  • In just over 20 minutes on Thursday night, Hryshchenko counted the sound of 48 incoming shells aimed at his forces.
    — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • More than 30% of incoming CEOs last month were women, breaking a record.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The incoming storms mostly derive from a big system in the Gulf of Alaska that broke apart farther out to sea.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Matthews and Pierce will likely compete with an incoming rookie to force the Panthers to keep four tight ends.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
  • As such, the 10 songs that make up Lady on the Cusp dip into reflections on the past and hopefulness for the incoming future.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The castles actually last, unlike those on the beach that can get pummeled by the incoming tide.
    — Mia Taylor, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
  • That put three incoming freshmen's stories in their new school's paper in their first weeks of high school, Saxton said.
    — Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
  • These folds are ready to flatten out and expand whenever the stomach has to relax and make room for incoming meals.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The cracking sound of two more incoming artillery attacks landing nearby filled the air.
    — Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The incoming class includes 19 National Merit Scholars, which is more than triple the total of last year.
    — Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2023
  • More incoming searches means more data the Bing team can use to improve the search engine and more reasons for advertisers to come to the platform.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Kurpasi and a British volunteer left to investigate the source of incoming fire.
    — Alex Horton and Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2023
  • This incoming family knows nothing of that, but already, their housecat, Cider, feels like a goner.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The outgoing blast disrupts the incoming blast, and hopefully spares the tank major damage.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Avalon, the main city of Santa Catalina, has closed its bay to all incoming boaters in advance of Hurricane Hilary.
    — NBC News, 19 Aug. 2023

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