How to Use underway in a Sentence

underway

1 of 2 adjective
  • But the work on the field is underway.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
  • There is a tug of war underway for their hearts and minds.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • When that one was done, the next was underway.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The third round is about to get underway.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The stands are packed and the crowd is psyched as the slalom gets underway here.
    Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
  • In turn, a coaching search will get underway.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The first cup of coffee is underway, and the weekend is in sight.
    Joel Feder, The Drive, 19 Feb. 2026
  • That response set the stage for the deeper tie-up now underway.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
  • In just a few hours, plans were already underway for a reunion.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Tens of thousands of homes are planned in the area, with many already underway.
    Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 7 May 2026
  • Allen did not reach the ballroom, where the dinner was underway.
    Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • What other road work is underway?
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • What other road work is underway?
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • What other road work is underway?
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • What other road work is underway?
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 21 Sep. 2025
  • And that shift is already underway.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The new band’s first album is now underway; three songs from it have been released so far.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Some of it is already underway.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 May 2026
  • Birol said some of this had already been released, but added that the process was still underway.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
  • And just like that, 2026 is well underway.
    The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The next phase is already underway.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • Braves spring training is well underway.
    Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Now, a deeper shift is underway.
    Luke Xie, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Planning has been underway for years.
    Tony Aiello, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Debate on the bill was still underway as of the posting of this story.
    Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The task of aligning them all for New York is well underway.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The shift is already underway as deer nails quietly take over our feeds.
    Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 19 Feb. 2026
  • This process is already well underway, at least in the UK.
    David G.w. Birch, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Weather could impact plans as the weekend gets underway in our area.
    Cutter Martin, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Settle in with a brew as bluegrass and acoustic sets get underway.
    Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 1 May 2026

underway

2 of 2 adverb
  • Got the balls-to-two watch first while underway?
    Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Still, some are impressed by all the changes underway.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Here are some of the biggest shifts underway.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 19 May 2026
  • Training camps are underway all across the league.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • And so there's good work underway in Congress.
    CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • There are also court fights underway.
    Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But the changes underway are more than an aftershock.
    Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Manhunt underway after a judge and his wife were shot in their home in broad daylight.
    FOXNews.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But the scale of the change now underway has left many feeling unsettled.
    Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The incident caused the game to be paused for a short time before play got back underway with a jump ball.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • There's this inevitable kind of process underway of the bundle coming back.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Layoffs tend to follow any merger, and the ones that got underway this week are said to be in the works for months.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The raids were still underway later Tuesday to take in the rest of the suspects.
    ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • Michele’s role will be recast, with search underway for a new Chief of Station.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
  • One of the more telling developments is the software shift underway.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That framing misses the real shift now underway.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Lohry said there is work underway to create the path's access points that would be necessary on both ends of the western span.
    John Ramos, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Conference tourneys are just underway across both men’s and women’s hoops.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Current polls may reflect reactions to the war in Iran, now more than three weeks underway.
    Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
  • And there’s another trend underway, too.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • While King is locked in for at least another year, there is a search underway for at least one new co-host on the program.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The closure is part of the work underway for the Rail Trail Bridge Project.
    Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 2 June 2026
  • Where are going-out-of-business sales underway in Michigan?
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Foster has a full plate with several major changes underway at Eaton.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • With Cactus League games underway, pitchers are getting the chance to make a case.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Finally, expand them so all students, in every grade, share in the gains underway.
    Marielys Divanne, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
  • One of the clearest indications of the work underway came from the metal paint cans agents carried out of the home.
    Greg Wehner , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
  • With games underway, here’s a closer look at the Cubs and Sox connections.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The speech comes at a critical time for the president with the midterm election cycle underway.
    Jared Gans, The Hill, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Which is why the experiment underway at Help.
    Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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