How to Use turn around and (do something) in a Sentence

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• Having to turn around and walk away from his dream still keeps him awake at night.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2023
• Brown starts to leave but appears to turn around and move toward the guard who then shoots him, the video shows.
  — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 26 May 2023
• Brown starts to leave but appears to turn around and move toward the guard, who then shoots him, the video shows.
  — Veronica Miracle, CNN, 16 May 2023
• In that scenario, the crew probably wouldn’t be able to turn around and go back.
  — Emmanuel Urquieta, The Conversation, 31 July 2023
• Back away and allow space for the mountain lion to move away and don’t turn around and run.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Then to have to turn around and say goodbye, and finally go back to the future.
  — Sharareh Drury, Variety, 23 June 2023
• Banks then turn around and pass those higher costs on to their customers in the form of steeper loan rates.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
• Advertisement The bus couldn’t turn around and go all the way back to Corpus Christi for her rings.
  — Sonia Rao, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
• Some of them will venture further into the Slabs, but most of them will turn around and head back to Babylon.
  — Jonah Gercke, SPIN, 15 Mar. 2024
• Participants inbound for the event should turn around and head home.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
• Some parents walk their kids into the busy street to avoid the bear, while others just turn around and watch, seemingly unfazed.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2023
• Americans who might encounter a roadblock are encouraged to turn around and get to a safe area.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2023
• To avoid interacting with a wild animal at a close distance, turn around and go the other way.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
• Stevens instructed the woman to turn around and then performed the Heimlich maneuver on her.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
• Oftentimes his sister could show him something that Couch could turn around and replicate.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
• Why not turn around and love people, encourage people, and help people.
  — Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 June 2023
• Prigozhin backs down In an audio message, Prigozhin ordered his fighters to turn around and return to their bases in order to avoid bloodshed.
  — Joe Snell, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
• Whichever football program loses its coach to Alabama will turn around and seek to steal from someone else, and so on.
  — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024
• If need be, turn around and go the other way to avoid interacting with a wild animal in proximity.
  — CBS News, 19 July 2023
• Video footage shows a fan in the stands just on the other side of the hoardings poke his finger into Ocampos’ backside, causing the Argentine to turn around and confront the three young fans sitting behind him.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
• Advertisement 6 Prigozhin backs down In an audio message, Prigozhin ordered his fighters to turn around and return to their bases in order to avoid bloodshed.
  — Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
• No one who understands physics can turn around and accept a claim that Marxism-Leninism is special wisdom that trumps everything else.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Feb. 2024
• Cheeky, then, for Biden to turn around and say that he’s immobilized by congressional inaction.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
• If elected, Trump could plausibly attempt a reversal of policy or simply turn around and approve the sale of TikTok to a group with close ties to China.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2024
• This meant those invited into the public areas, at the rear of the home, could look in one direction and enjoy views of the property’s interior courtyard, then turn around and see its leafy yard.
  — Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2024
• Pilots were able to turn around and make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, and no serious injuries were reported.
  — David Koenig, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
• In the video included in the post, the little boy could be seen cautiously stepping into the water toward his relatives before a wave persuaded him to turn around and start walking in the other direction.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
• The alligator continues to walk backwards until the robot crashes into it, prompting the alligator to turn around and speed away as the robot trails closely behind.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 11 May 2023
• The aircraft, carrying 174 passengers and six crew members, was able to turn around and land safely back at Portland International Airport.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
• Another tactic, the French activist recounted, to communicate that outsiders are not welcome: tribespeople turn around and squat as if to defecate.
  — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024