under way in English

adverb
1
having started and in progress; being done or carried out.
the remodeling should be underway by July
2
(of a boat) moving through the water.
the ship was so huge and silent, I hadn't realized we had gotten underway
adjective

Use "under way" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "under way" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "under way", or refer to the context using the word "under way" in the English Dictionary.

1. Project Exodus is under way.

2. That process is actually under way.

3. The great ship got under way.

4. Our train was already under way.

5. Then the armada got under way again.

6. The tournament got under way on Friday.

7. Special Ops has an operation under way.

8. A seesaw battle was believed under way.

9. The project is now well under way.

10. A major air-sea rescue is under way.

11. The court case got under way last autumn.

12. Within a few years oceanography was under way.

13. Nextdoor work's under way on a giant rockery.

14. Actual construction got under way in January 1991.

15. Similar activity is under way throughout Latin America.

16. Active preparations are currently under way for the talks.

17. He is over the English Channel and under way.

18. Retrospective conversion of earlier catalogue records is under way.

19. Don's story unfolded as the cruise got under way.

20. The postmortem on the presidential campaign is under way.

21. The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.

22. Throughout the old town, demolition is well under way.

23. Work is under way to excavate the ancient city.

24. Preparations for the opening ceremony are well under way.

25. Reconstruction efforts were under way, but poverty was rampant.

26. Efforts are under way to avoid a £800,000 overspend.

27. An all-out campaign to prevent AIDS is under way

28. And the investigation is under way to locate the gunman.

29. 2 The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.

30. A nationwide search was under way for a typical coed.

31. Shooting exercises were under way nearby; their presence was verboten.

32. There is strong evidence that it is now under way.

33. Plans are well under way for a new shopping centre.

34. Once your talk is under way, your nervousness will likely subside.

35. We can fuel and provision and be under way before dawn.

36. Apparently there's a very hush-hush project under way up north.

37. A major search is under way to find the escaped prisoners.

38. 22 A major search is under way to find the escaped prisoners.

39. Efforts are under way, however, to establish statistics of all occupational accidents

40. Secret negotiations are under way with jailed mobsters to bring him down.

41. There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark.

42. The semi - finals of the track and field events are under way.

43. The development of a system-wide standardized access control system is under way.

44. Preparations are well under way for a week of special events in May.

45. The conference gets under way later today with a debate on the family.

46. Early construction 3D printing development and research have been under way since 1995.

47. 1 There are efforts under way to designate the bridge a historic landmark.

48. On a field below a dormitory a desultory soccer game was under way.

49. I've just spoken to the Minister of Transport and it's all under way.

50. 5 For now we're thinking it's puffery—but intriguing developments are under way.