How to Use take turns in a Sentence
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The teams will take turns hosting from year to year.
—Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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The dogs take turns to dip their faces in the water.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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At the end of that song, the brothers take turns singing the hook.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
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The jurors took turns picking it up.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
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The group still takes turns on lead vocals on the album's tracks.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 3 Feb. 2025
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The teams took turns stopping each other on fourth-down tries.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
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Then the men took turns reeling the fish in, and putting them out of their misery.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
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This one explains why taking turns is a must for daily play.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 13 Mar. 2026
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Everyone takes turns being the judge to pick the best one each round.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
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Each member of the team then takes turns adding a new sentence to the story.
—Kate Vitasek, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Among soaring guitar licks, the two took turns belting out the lyrics.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Your kids can take turns batting them down one at a time or all at once for a splashing good time.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 17 Mar. 2024
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Throughout the weekend, the two films took turns at the top of the box office.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2025
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Everyone had to take turns taking care of her.
—Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
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Each of the kids — seven in all — took turns offering prayers.
—La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Four prisoners had to take turns using a bunk bed just to grab a few hours of sleep.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
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The video shows the four riding in the back of a car and taking turns lip-syncing.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Jan. 2026
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The hosts will take turns hosting episodes of the 12-episode series.
—Ebony Williams, ajc, 1 Sep. 2023
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The pair, who look to be at home in the black-and-white clip, also take turns on some lines on a verse.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
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Players choose a horse and take turns rolling the giant dice to move their horse forward.
—Jené Luciani Sena May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Staffers would take turns handling the phones when others had to get up to use the bathroom.
—Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2024
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Roberts opened with a speech, before players took turns talking.
—Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
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Both players took turns rushing from the inside.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
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The brothers took turns flying the plane three more times that same day to get used to the controls.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2023
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Triples sees the three players on a team rotate who hits shots as well as taking turns to tee off.
—Ben Church, CNN, 15 Jan. 2025
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Players take turns throwing at the balloons.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
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But the Raptors took turns doing the little things to stay close.
—Eric Koreen, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
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The youngest boys share a bunk bed and take turns swinging like gymnasts from the top level to the floor.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Dec. 2025
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Glo’s team takes turns at the range; her publicist’s attempt flies against the cage with a loud clang.
—Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 14 July 2023
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All three offensive units took turns trying to move the ball from their own 1-yard line.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 29 July 2025
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