How to Use turn to in a Sentence

turn to

verb

• Place the flour in a shallow dish, add the chicken and turn to coat both sides.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
• The pair turned to the south, pointing the stern to the waves, and went below deck to rethink their search grid.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
• On the final day of practice this week, Nix got his turn to run with the starters.
  — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 24 May 2024
• By the time the fleet turned to race back, the crews were trying to keep up with seaweed that slid past them in the tide.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• Force then seems to have avoided hitting the wall by turning to the left.
  — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
• The world’s attention turned to Gaza during the early days of the war.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• The planners' attention then turned to the Siloam Springs site.
  — Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2023
• Not long after my last breakup, at lunch with friends, talk turned to my love life.
  — Maya Singer, Vogue, 12 July 2023
• Or the craziest thing, which is to ask them to turn to their neighbor and say hi.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
• For her part, Naturale shares the hope that people will turn to 988 in times of need.
  — Kelly Livingston, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2023
• There is a slight chance of snow Tuesday before 10 a.m. that could turn to rain later in the day.
  — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2023
• If the leather gets cut or torn, turn to a professional for help.
  — Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2024
• Homes turned to mounds of dust and protruding rebar in the villages of Moulay Brahim and Amizmiz.
  — Joe Snell, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• When the poisoning failed, Green turned to his friend to plot the death of his girlfriend and child, police said.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 26 June 2024
• Its greatest triumph here was the turn to peace with Moscow.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
• That doesn’t mean that young voters or voters of color are ready to turn to Trump.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• On a darker flip side, many Black women turn to these styles as a means to hide a part of themselves.
  — Annie Blay, Allure, 10 July 2024
• The researcher and theft victim next turned to crime forums on the dark web and YouTube videos discussing how to steal cars.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
• Outdoors, turn to wood walls or pieces of sturdy trellis for a bonus area to hang planters, string lights, and more.
  — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2023
• In the last few years, more youth have had to turn to communities online.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
• The top priority turned to fixing the kinds of quality gaffes that caused the blowout heard round the world.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2024
• This mining boom has also led many to turn to the industry for work.
  — Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Those looking for a fright on their wedding day are turning to a spot that Stephen King knows quite well.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• New York City is not alone turning to drones to patrol its waters.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 July 2024
• Many cities have Christmas tree recycling programs in which the trees are chipped and turned to mulch.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• New York City isn't alone turning to drones to patrol its waters.
  — CBS News, 12 July 2024
• Each person gets a turn to unwrap it while wearing oven mitts.
  — WSJ, 26 Dec. 2023
• But when September turned to October, the other shoe dropped – in the form of Stormy Daniels.
  — Andrea Bernstein, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
• The follow-up statement came soon thereafter, Shohei Ohtani driving a ball down the right-field line at about 1,000 mph, the silence turning to shock.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
• First, for some provocative interviews that turned to politics.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024