How to Use turn in a Sentence

turn

1 of 2 verb

• He turned the key and opened the door.
• Turn the steering wheel all the way to the left.
• Someone turned the switch and the lights came on.
• They turned and walked away.
• He turned aside to let me pass.
• She turned to leave—but stopped.
• He turned himself around to see the back of his shirt in the mirror.
• The patient turned onto his side.
• She slowly turned the doorknob.
• The photographer asked her to turn slightly to her left.
• Maye turned the ball over three times.
  — Doug Kyed, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
• Overnight, the storm had turned both of them white.
  — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
• For a moment, the mood turns sour.
  — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
• The water will turn from cloudy to clear.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2026
• Randle turned the ball over five times.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
• And maybe that starts the wheels turning.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
• And turns and pushes [the ship].
  — Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
• First, try not to turn this into a video game.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• And Louisville turned it over 20 times.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
• And to turn a dark thing into a bright thing is very, very nice.
  — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 30 Apr. 2026
• But the weather will turn hot again later in the week.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
• Huffman turned his mute on and his camera off.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2026
• There are fewer and fewer places to turn.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
• Or how to turn the subtitles on.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 June 2026
• The deal turns that risk into revenue.
  — Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• The wheels of justice turn very slowly.
  — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
• Its leaves turn red, burgundy, and purple in the fall.
  — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
• The summer sun can turn your car into what feels like an oven on wheels.
  — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 26 June 2026
• Over the past two games, Jenkins has turned the ball over four times.
  — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
• The leaves turn a vivid, brilliant scarlet-red in the fall.
  — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025

turn

2 of 2 noun

• With a turn of the switch, the lights came back on.
• You have to wait your turn in line.
• Is it my turn yet?
• He tightened the screw with one last turn.
• Give the wheel another turn.
• Take a left-hand turn at the next intersection.
• This is the hinge on which the next five years turn.
  — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 16 June 2026
• Sanders, a fifth-round pick, had to wait his turn.
  — Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
• Stocks, in turn, have slumped since Warsh spoke.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 June 2026
• That in turn taught him to be adaptable.
  — Martina Castellanos, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
• Perhaps a turn about the room will do.
  — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 3 Feb. 2026
• His comedic turns were just as compelling.
  — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• But things soon took an ominous turn.
  — Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
• There’s a sharp turn and railroad tracks.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
• The third quarter didn’t bring much of a turn.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
• In turn, mortgage rates may fall.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 June 2026
• In turn, bond yields move higher.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026
• In turn, skin appears tighter and plumper over time.
  — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 17 Jan. 2026
• Brunson, in turn, came back just as strong.
  — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
• These in turn drive up the costs for goods and services.
  — Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026
• This, in turn, will whittle stream flows.
  — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 31 Mar. 2026
• And the parents get to take their turn and do a lot of it.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Jan. 2026
• Some people were able to squeal and make u-turns and head away.
  — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
• In turn, the Heat fumbled it away.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
• That shortage in turn helped drive up the price of both new and used cars.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
• In turn, Schneider used the draft to reload.
  — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 9 Feb. 2026
• Homer describes Odysseus as a man of twists and turns.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
• The Celtics, in turn, tore themselves apart.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• None of these moves point to a lasting bearish turn.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
• Many agreed with the momentum in the turn.
  — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025