turning back

present participle of turn back

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of turning back The men hunted a little farther, stopped to eat lunch, then decided to investigate a small hill before turning back to drag out their deer. Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025 Rangers look like turning back to Steven Gerrard, their title-winning manager in 2020-21, after the swift sacking of Russell Martin. Phil Hay, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 Beiersdorf brand Nivea is turning back time in a new partnership with beloved Y2K clothing brand Juicy Couture. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025 Week 4 highlights featured Willow Glen’s comeback win over Christopher, Foothill’s Max Shuga making an amazing catch to set up the winning touchdown against San Leandro, Piedmont turning back Aragon, De La Salle holding off Grant-Sacramento and more. Darren Sabedra, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025 Advertisement Advertisement Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam have said there is no turning back on this project, despite staunch opposition from Hezbollah. Bilal Y. Saab, Time, 18 Sep. 2025 The steam then goes to a condenser where it’s cooled by seawater, turning back into water to be pumped back to the steam generator, repeating the cycle. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025 The back caught just two of his six targets, earned Nix’s slight ire after not turning back for the ball on a third down, and was relegated mostly to the bench in the second half. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025 And, George, turning back to Chicago. ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turning back
Verb
  • Steve Rubell, as a sort of publicity stunt, had started turning away celebrities in order to make the newspapers.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Coders are now turning away from many of the public expressions of interest in different languages (like Google searches and Stack Exchange queries), which have served as key metrics for the ranking since 2013.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One raid saw masked federal agents repelling from Black Hawk helicopters and wrecking an apartment building.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In the first episode, the recruits wasted no time in repelling from a helicopter hovering in the air.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To Los Pleneros, the hub is an example of resisting colonialism through education.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • They were charged with assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and malicious destruction of property over $1,200.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Turning back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turning%20back. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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