Sentencedict.com
 Directly to word page Vague search(google)
Home > Turned in a sentence

Turned in a sentence

  up(4)  down(3)
Sentence count:288+94Posted:2017-03-27Updated:2020-07-24
Similar words: overturnednocturnebourneearnedburnerjourneymourneradornedMeaning: [tɜrn /tɜːn]  adj. 1. moved around an axis or center 2. in an unpalatable state. 
Random good picture Not show
121. As the bus turned the corner, it collided with a van.
122. He offered her a trip to Australia but she turned it/him down.
123. After six years of fighting public opinion has turned against the war.
124. She turned on the hose and a jet of water sprayed across the garden.
125. The car turned on the wet road and slipped into the fence.
126. This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.
127. I turned to speak to the person standing behind me.
128. She turned away from the window lest anyone see them.
129. She turned off the alarm and promptly went back to sleep.
130. His advice turned out to be no use at all.
131. The wicked fairy bewitched the prince and turned him into a frog.
132. A large car swished past them and turned into the embassy gates.
133. The new development turned the scales in favor of that school.
134. Columbus's contention that the earth was round turned out to be correct.
135. The fairy godmother's magic charm turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown.
136. You make wine by leaving grape juice to ferment until all the sugar has turned to alcohol.
137. Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.
138. Those who were once for him have turned against him.
139. I turned away in revulsion when they showed a close-up of the operation.
140. What they expected to be the removal of a small lump turned out to be major surgery.
141. He was an amateur singer until the age of 40(Sentencedict.com), when he turned professional.
142. The boat races during the Dragon Boat Festival are traditional customs to attempts to rescue the patriotic poet Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather than the hero poet. This later on turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and rice dumplings.
143. Goaded beyond endurance, she turned on him and hit out.
144. When I turned round,[http://sentencedict.com/turned.html] I found that she had whipped off to avoid awkward questions.
145. As the wheel turned, the potter shaped and squeezed the lump of clay into a graceful shape.
146. Since he turned 30 he's started to develop a pot belly.
147. A police officer who takes to crime is likely to be more successful at it than most. The gamekeeper turned poacher has everything going for him.
148. She drew down the curtains and turned the light on.
149. It turned out to be a prophetic piece of journalism.
150. Sundry distant relatives, most of whom I hardly recognized, turned up for my brother's wedding.
More similar words: overturnednocturnebourneearnedburnerjourneymourneradornedlearnedunadornedconcernedjourneymanturnu-turnturn onturn offturn outupturnturnoutturn upreturnsaturnin turnturn toturn inturningturn downturn awaybe concerned aboutoverturn
Total 288, 30 Per page  5/10  «first  pre  next  last»  goto
Leave a comment
Welcome to leave a comment about this page!
Your name:
Latest commentsInto the comment page>>
More words