How to Use U-turn in a Sentence

U-turn

noun
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  • Sweatt then made a U-turn at a high rate of speed and struck the victim in the road.
    — Marc Fortier, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The cat made a deft U-turn, scampered out of the trap, and vanished.
    — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • This marked a U-turn from the first two years of the pandemic.
    — Rachel Lerman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • This blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shack on the side of Granbury Road is worth making the U-turn for.
    — Sydni Walker, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The Durango made a U-turn as soon as the light turned green.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
  • The driver later made a U-turn and went the wrong way on the freeway.
    — Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Darnold's vehicle then made a U-turn and left the scene.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 29 June 2023
  • Jen then did a U-turn by adding beachy waves to her 2024 hair repertoire.
    — Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Once that happens, the bull shark pulls an abrupt U-turn and charts a wide course around the massive croc.
    — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 27 July 2023
  • Because of that, the plane was forced to make a quick U-turn back to the boarding bridge where SLC police were called.
    — Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
  • After the 18-year-old driver made a U-turn, Chandra stayed with them.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • The driver made a U-turn, tracing back toward the rapper.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
  • The car then made a U-turn, and its driver got out and started shooting at the teens, who took off running.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Kizzee made a U-turn in front of deputies, dropped his bike on the sidewalk and ran, according to the department.
    — Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
  • Moulton was seen making a fast U-turn over a curb and pulling over on a side street before pulling Grabow out of his car.
    — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • This is quite the U-turn, even for the notoriously boom-to-bust oil market.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The giant swordfish made a hard run on the surface and then did a U-turn, swimming directly at the boat.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Denver has whipped a U-turn and its defense is starting to perform.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Farmer: The Broncos whipped a U-turn this season, going 5-1 since starting 1-5.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The vehicle made a U-turn and passed Salas-Keen’s home a second time before backing up.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The driver then took a U-turn before taking a hard right and driving through the building's front office, Reese said.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Just a few weeks ago, people were lining up to buy the giant collectible Stanley cups, but since then there's been a U-turn.
    — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The U-turn was confirmed this afternoon by the festival.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The man made a U-turn in a cul-de-sac and then started driving toward one of the deputies, according to the sheriff’s department.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Authorities confirmed the truck was doing a U-turn when the crash occurred.
    — Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Fink attempted to make a U-turn to follow the Kia after the suspect made a U-turn and began driving in the wrong direction.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The footage shows the driver of a red car speaking briefly to Ellis' neighbor, driving to the end of the block before making a U-turn, then stopping and firing nine times.
    — Kathleen Foody, arkansasonline.com, 24 Jan. 2024
  • He was arrested in 2012 after making a U-turn to avoid a checkpoint and leading police on a high-speed chase.
    — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Could the bond market be preparing for yet another U-turn?
    — Bob Haber, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • As the couple was driving on Nels Nelson Road, the husband passed them, made a U-turn and rammed his vehicle into the victim's vehicle head-on.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024

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