TURN in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for TURN, such as:
1. They wouldn't turn in the lock, either.
2. According to the map we should turn left.
3. Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace.
4. I seized his arm and made him turn to look at me.
5. He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of TURN
turn
 v.  channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something
 v.  cause to move around or rotate
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  If you're going to turn into a pig, my dear,' said Alice, seriously, 'I'll have nothing more to do with you.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI. Pig and Pepper
2  He was lying flat on his back in bed and he did not turn his head toward her as she came in.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  They would turn into the shrubbery walks and lose themselves until they came to the long walls.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
4  'So he did, so he did,' said the Gryphon, sighing in his turn; and both creatures hid their faces in their paws.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX. The Mock Turtle's Story
5  Mary caught her breath in a short gasp and felt herself turn pale.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X. The Lobster Quadrille
7  The beetle lay there working its helpless legs, unable to turn over.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
8  That was agreeable, so they chewed it turn about, and dangled their legs against the bench in excess of contentment.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
9  They wouldn't turn in the lock, either.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
10  If you drove them out they'd turn right around and come back.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
11  I judged the old man would turn up again by and by, though I wished he wouldn't.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III.
12  One morning I happened to turn over the salt-cellar at breakfast.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV.
13  Why, a man I met at daybreak this morning, just as I was going to turn into the woods for my regular sleep.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI.
14  Shore's you're born, he'll turn State's evidence; now you hear me.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII.
15  The old ones turn em out o their nest an make em fly an they're scattered before you know it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  You not once gave me one time to turn the head, I always in smiled actually to you.
2  The administration has now endorsed the bill and can't turn back.
3  He knows the wheels of administration turn slowly.
4  This boom in adult education, in turn, helps to raise the intellectual standard of the whole country.
5  African rivers turn to hard mud during the dry season.
6  Grants are being offered to farmers who agree to turn over their land to woodland and forests.
7  The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse.
8  Opponents of the treaty argue that monetary union will turn France into a vassal of Germany.
9  They were having an argument about whose turn it was to do the cooking.
10  I seized his arm and made him turn to look at me.
11  The best for a woman who has nice figure is to turn around and leave.
12  As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring.
13  I'd like us now to turn our attention to next year's budget.
14  According to the map we should turn left.
15  Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace.