Examples of turn away in a Sentence
using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid
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The Panthers survived an Aleksander Barkov delay of game penalty and McDavid slaloming through tired penalty killers only to be turned away by Bobrovsky’s stomach snow angel.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Most important related to the original question is that friends who are with friends who fall need to have their back — not ever turn away.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Thurman said she was turned away twice from a local emergency room, without treatment.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 June 2025
A lot of people would evidently prefer to turn away from that confrontation—and to focus on fantasy.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
Most important related to the original question is that friends who are with friends who fall need to have their back — not ever turn away.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Thurman said she was turned away twice from a local emergency room, without treatment.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 June 2025
A lot of people would evidently prefer to turn away from that confrontation—and to focus on fantasy.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for turn away
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“Turn away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20away. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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