Synonym: turn. Similar words: returning, turn in, turn into, saturnine, mourning, burning, furniture, morning. Meaning: ['tɜrnɪŋ /'tɜː-] n. 1. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course 2. act of changing in practice or custom 3. a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe 4. a movement in a new direction 5. the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe 6. the activity of shaping something on a lathe.
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(121) He took his commission out before turning in the rest of the money.
(122) Simon was good at turning on the charm at parties.
(123) British car workers did not earn nearly enough money to buy the products they were turning out.
(124) The people are turning back to natural resources to survive.
(125) The timing of the gun was precisely synchronised with the turning of the plane's propeller.
(126) The crusade for sexual morality is turning into a witch - hunt.
(127) I was so annoyed with him for turning up late.
(128) His turning up will guarantee the success of the meeting.
(129) I struck on turning on the radio on the way to the station.
(130) Japanese corporations have been turning away from production and have diverted into finance and real estate.
(131) All night I have been tossing and turning racking my brains to think what could have possessed the young man to kill himself.
(132) We're taking relatively benign medicines and we're turning them into poisons.
(133) Afraid of their way being cut off, they lost no time in turning back.
(134) The way Bill plays that piece would have Mozart turning in his grave.
(135) Politicians are increasingly mindful that young voters are turning away from traditional parties.
(136) They have been turning out great blades for 400 years.
(137) He sat there idly turning the pages of a book.
(138) The bull looked on sympathetically until the drunk was out of the way before once more turning its attention to the matador.
(139) The wheels were turning.
(140) 'No,' she said,[sentencedict.com/turning.html] turning her head to see David's reaction.
(141) You gave her such a fright turning the lights out like that.
(142) My landlord is turning me out at the end of the month.
(143) She really did a number on her old boyfriend(sentencedict.com), making him beg her to come back and then turning him down.
(144) Take the first turning, sorry, the third turning on the right.
(145) The industrial revolution was a major historical turning point .
(146) The turning disc is connected by a drive belt to an electric motor.
(147) Within ten years the theme park was turning over £20 million.
(148) The girl's natural father claimed that her stepfather was turning her against him.
(149) These trousers are too long; they'll need turning up/to be turned up.
(150) The turning point in her political career came when she was chosen to fight a crucial by-election.
More similar words: returning, turn in, turn into, saturnine, mourning, burning, furniture, morning, warning, yearning, earnings, concerning, good morning, early warning, furnish, burnish, burnished, turn, turn on, turn off, turn to, turn out, turn up, saturn, return, in turn, turn down, turn away, turn back, taciturn.