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'turning' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'turning' with 20 example sentences.


turning noun

: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

: act of changing in practice or custom

: a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe

: a movement in a new direction

: the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe

: the activity of shaping something on a lathe


  • Your lips are turning blue.
  • The education system is turning students into robots.
  • I'm turning thirty this October.
  • The leaves are turning yellow already.
  • Would you mind turning down the radio?
  • You're turning into a chicken.
  • I'm cold. Would you mind turning the heating on?
  • Do you mind turning around while I get dressed?
  • I think that this is a turning point.
  • I'm turning off the light.
  • Try turning it off and then turning it back on.
  • Turning to the right, you will see a white tower.
  • There's no turning back now.
  • The car is turning left.
  • She became a great-great-grandmother just days before turning ninety-nine.
  • We're not turning anybody down.
  • Our trip to Africa is turning into a catastrophe.
  • Her hair is turning gray.
  • If you look, you'll notice that he's turning left.
  • The weather is turning nasty.
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