turn of events

noun phrase

: a change in what is happening

There has been a dramatic turn of events.

Examples of turn of events in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a historic turn of events, Bodhana Sivanandan became on Sunday the youngest female player to ever defeat a chess grandmaster, at the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool. —Doha Madani, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025

The company said this turn of events left it unable to raise funds from a planned partial divestment of its Sunrise Wind project off the coast of New York. —Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025

In a surprising turn of events, the 6,800-ton vessel then sailed toward China's territorial waters, which extend 12 nautical miles (13.8 miles) from Zhejiang's coastal baselines. —Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025

This turn of events might make leaders assume that their agents have to come equipped with sparkling personalities in order to be successful. —Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for turn of events

• misrepresents
• ascents
• assents
• augments
• cements
• consents
• descents
• dissents
• extents
• ferments
• indents
• intents