Sentence examples for appeared bound for from inspiring English sources

He attended opera with a man who would become a cardinal and he himself appeared bound for a bishop's miter.

It wasn't until "Born to Run" raced up the charts in 1975 that Mr. Springsteen appeared bound for rock 'n' roll Valhalla.

With the two teams having only 14 and 15 games respectively to play in the regular season, the A's won the crucial series and appeared bound for the AL West title.

The first controversy of the series (it won't be the last) came in the top of the fifth when Walker led with a high fly ball that appeared bound for the right-field foul pole.

With Rutgers trailing Notre Dame by 9 points with 4 minutes 6 seconds left in the second half in their semifinal tonight, the Irish appeared bound for a second consecutive meeting with top-ranked Connecticut in Tuesday night's Big East tournament final.

Once, when I was covering the electronic media beat for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, I was doing the legwork for a profile of a local news anchor who appeared bound for network glory.

Now both appear bound for basketball immortality.

This time, the fight appears bound for court.

The Giants have played two teams that appear bound for the playoffs (Washington and Tennessee) and lost both games.

Amid the tumult, St . Johns (18-6 over all and 10-3 in the Big East) has won five games in a row and appears bound for the N.C.A.A. tournament.

Critics, like Linda McNeil, a professor of education at Rice University, have accused the Houston school district of crash teaching to the test in the weeks before reading exams, and of winnowing out students who appear bound for failure.