turn to

verb

turned to; turning to; turns to

intransitive verb

: to apply oneself to work : act vigorously

… all hands turn to and build a church and a jail …

—Mark Twain

Examples of turn to in a Sentence

no need to turn to violence when we can talk things out peacefully

Recent Examples on the Web

Britain’s stately homes are increasingly turning to contemporary art to attract new visitors and generate income, The Art Newspaper wrote. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Closer Aroldis Chapman had pitched back-to-back games and three of the last four days, so Boston turned to Wyatt Olds to close out the game in the 10th. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Motorized gimbals allow the dish to swivel and remain locked onto ground stations even as Roman turns to look at different parts of the sky, ensuring that the enormous amounts of data collected by the telescope can make their way back to Earth. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Washington has turned to pulling economic levers six months into a war on Iran that has ground to a stalemate militarily, with peace talks stalled and most traffic through the crucial Strait of Hormuz blocked. — Tucker Reals, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1799, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for turn to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou