en route

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth surprised officials by accelerating troops cuts, with some equipment already en route when the deployment was canceled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

It’s the reset I reach for when I know groceries are en route and the counters feel a little gritty, a little sticky from a day of recipe testing.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

At 8:27 p.m., he pulled up a live feed of Trump en route to the event.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

More than five weeks after a humpback whale became stranded in shallow waters on the German coast, a barge has ferried the animal out of German waters, en route to the North Sea.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The other Internet correspondent on Fischer’s expedition, however, was a client who intended to go all the way to the summit and file daily dispatches for NBC Interactive Media en route.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer