Sentences with turn

turn

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He turned abruptly and walked away. [VERB]
I felt a tapping on my shoulder and I turned around. [VERB PREPOSITION]
Turn is used in a large number of other expressions which are explained under other words in the dictionary. For example, the expression 'turn over a new leaf' is explained at leaf.
They turned their telescopes towards other nearby galaxies. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
As the wheel turned, the potter shaped the clay. [VERB]
Turn a special key, press the brake pedal, and your car's brakes lock. [VERB noun]
He turned into the narrow terraced street where he lived. [VERB preposition/adverb]
You can't do a right-hand turn here.
...the corner where Tenterfield Road turned into the main road. [VERB preposition/adverb]
There was not much time before the tide turned. [VERB]
They were still doing wild acrobatics in the yard, turning somersaults and cartwheels. [VERB noun]
He turned the pages of a file in front of him. [VERB noun]
He tried to turn the gun on me. [VERB noun + on]
To order, turn to page 236. [VERB + to]
We turned our attention to the practical matters relating to forming a company. [VERB noun + to]
For assistance, they turned to one of the city's most innovative museums. [VERB + to]
These communities are now turning to recycling in large numbers. [V + to/from]
A prince turns into a frog in this cartoon fairytale. [V + into/to]
If the bailiff thinks that things could turn nasty, he will enlist the help of the police. [VERB adjective]
The sea would turn pale pink and the sky blood red. [V colour]
If it turns cold, cover plants. [VERB adjective]
The scandal took a new turn over the weekend.
It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty. [VERB noun]
They fled to South America around the turn of the century. [+ of]
...the joys of making a living from turning wood. [VERB noun]
Tonight it's my turn to cook.
A wheel turning
He turned the chair to face the light
He turned left at the main road
The road turns here
The Germans turned the Maginot line
To turn a somersault
The alchemists tried to turn base metals into gold
The frog turned into a prince
He turned nasty when he heard the price
Frost turned the trees a vivid orange
The conversation turned to fishing
He turned his attention to the problem
She was very frightened and didn't know where to turn
She has just turned twenty
To turn an animal loose
The sight of the dead body turned his stomach
My head is turning
She turned the fruit into a basin
The bureau turned some of the spies it had caught
To turn a compliment
Shirts are turning well this week
A turn of a rope around a bollard
His thoughts took a new turn
We'll take turns to play
His illness took a turn for the worse
To take a turn in the park
He is of a speculative turn of mind
A neat turn of phrase
To serve someone's turn
To do an old lady a good turn
The bad news gave her quite a turn
To turn a key
To turn a somersault
To turn a pretty phrase
To turn a chair around
turn the sheet back
To turn a phonograph record
To turn a blow
To turn people against someone
To turn an attack
Criticism turned against the critic
To turn someone adrift
To turn a gun on someone
To turn one's thoughts to practical matters
To turn knowledge to good account, to turn one's hand to writing
To turn cream into butter, a writer turned actor
To turn produce into hard cash
To turn another's remarks to ridicule
turned sick by the sight
The key won't turn
The tide has turned
To turn from one's work to a hobby
The dog turned on him
To turn against former friends
To turn bitter with age
The rain turned to sleet
Leaves turning in the fall
The turn of the tide
A turn for the better
At the turn of the century
To do someone a good turn
A turn at gardening
One's turn at bat
A quaint turn to her speech
An inquisitive turn of mind
The discussion took a new turn
To give an old story a new turn
To turn a wheel.
To turn a key; to turn the cap of a jar.
To turn a page; to turn an egg; to turn a person around.
To turn the handle one notch.
He turned the blow with his arm.
She skillfully turned the conversation away from so unpleasant a subject.
The police turned the advancing rioters by firing over their heads.
Worry turned his hair gray.
To turn water into ice; to turn tears into laughter.
Fear turned him cowardly and craven.
Warm weather turns milk.
He turned his mind to practical matters.
To turn a street corner.
His son just turned four.
To turn the car toward the center of town; to turn one's back to the audience.
To turn a phrase well.
To turn a person from one's door.
He turned the idea over a couple of times before acting on it.
To turn a son against his father.
He turned a huge profit on the sale.
He turned his ankle.
To turn a somersault.
He turned the room upside down.
The question turns on this point.
He turned to the study and practice of medicine.
To turn to the right.
To turn on one's side while sleeping.
He turned to Christianity in his old age.
He turned from the Democrats and joined the Republicans.
To turn in favor of someone; to turn against a person.
The leaves began to turn in October.
A lawyer turned poet; to turn pale.
A slight turn of the handle.
A turn of the head.
It's my turn to pay the bill.
To make a turn to the right.
About a mile ahead, you'll come to a turn in the road.
The conversation took an interesting turn.
A turn for the better.
A happy turn of expression.
Let's go for a turn in the park.
One's turn of mind.
He once did her a good turn. She repaid it with a bad turn.
This will serve your turn.
He gave the story a new turn.
It certainly gave me quite a turn to see him.
We met with kindness at every turn.
They did their shopping and cleaning by turns.
It won't be necessary for you to do a hand's turn yourself, but rather to supervise.
Each generation in turn must grapple with the same basic problems.
She said she hoped to be alive to see the century on the turn.
He spoke out of turn and destroyed the cordial atmosphere of the meeting.
They took turns walking the dog.
The steak was done to a turn.
They fought the fire, turn and turn about, until daybreak.

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