How to Use turning in a Sentence
turning
noun
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Tossing and turning didn’t cause the fill to shift, nor did the shake test.
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Sharon Brandwein,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2024
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Robinhood promised to take them to the moon, and there’s no turning back now.
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Rey Mashayekhi,
Fortune,
12 Nov. 2021
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For a captain, that tells the men there’s no turning back.
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Jay Reddick,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2024
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But there is reason to believe in a turning of the tide.
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Chloe Berger,
Fortune,
8 Aug. 2023
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Dunnuck sees the tide turning, which bodes well for lovers of legumes and leafy greens.
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Ted Loos,
Robb Report,
26 Nov. 2022
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The month of March has proved to be a turning point in Detroit, in Michigan.
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Phoebe Wall Howard,
Detroit Free Press,
25 Mar. 2020
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Once the genie is out of the bottle, there is no turning back.
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Bruce Grant,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2024
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The pair of goals came in a span of 5:34 in the second period, with the first turning out to be the game-winner.
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Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
USA TODAY,
2 June 2022
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One of the racing cars T-boned the turning car, killing the driver at the scene, police said.
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Brooke Baitinger,
sun-sentinel.com,
4 Dec. 2020
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The next five months were a turning point, for Germany and Schönbeck.
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Robert Clark,
National Geographic,
6 May 2020
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Episode three was also a turning point for most of the characters on the show.
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Tamara Fuentes,
Seventeen,
5 May 2020
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There is no turning back the clock to a time when Turkey was firmly a part of the transatlantic fold.
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Asli Aydintasbas,
Foreign Affairs,
6 June 2024
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His first Major League season marked a turning of the tide.
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Michael Shapiro,
Chron,
24 Feb. 2023
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That means no turning or touching the barbell — at all!
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Lexy Lebsack,
refinery29.com,
6 Oct. 2021
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Add the pork and cook, turning, until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes.
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Paul Stephen,
ExpressNews.com,
26 Aug. 2020
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Along with longer, warmer days, the turning of the season also brings with it the prospect of getting your vaccine.
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Gear Team,
Wired,
20 Mar. 2021
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Atlanta possibly could be a turning-of-the-corner kind of win for the Heat.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Nov. 2022
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That was not the only data showing a turning of the tide in the battle for Congress.
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Michael Scherer,
Anchorage Daily News,
24 Oct. 2022
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What have been the big turning points for the Serum Institute’s business?
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Erika Fry,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2020
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Other flacons filled with heady notes of amber or essences of grass mark the turning of a new leaf.
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Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
5 Sep. 2024
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There's no surer way to make a kitchen unbearably hot than by a turning on the oven.
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Joseph Truini,
Popular Mechanics,
30 June 2021
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This Grand Prix winner at Cannes in 2001 was one of his major turning points.
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Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
2 Nov. 2021
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Either way, no more twisting and turning; snap hoses on and snap tools off.
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Jeff Lowenfels,
Anchorage Daily News,
25 May 2023
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But his game-turning play was a revelation — and the result of hard work.
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Los Angeles Times,
26 Dec. 2021
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The steering lacks feel but is accurate, and the turning radius is tight.
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Caleb Miller,
Car and Driver,
6 June 2022
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In the wave of autumn play openings in New York, star turns like Fiennes’s can be as vibrant as the turning of the leaves.
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Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
2 Nov. 2022
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That’s like a candle turning into a floodlight in the span of a few seconds.
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Rebecca Boyle,
Quanta Magazine,
9 Oct. 2024
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The footage depicts Porter turning, pointing his gun toward the group, and firing the bullet that killed the 25-year-old.
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Rayna Reid Rayford,
Essence,
16 Sep. 2023
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But what’s happening now is a real turning of the tide.
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Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2024
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There's just no getting around the effort of managing more than 2 tons of vehicle weight when braking and turning.
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Karl Brauer,
Forbes,
9 Sep. 2024
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