How to Use turn in in a Sentence

turn in

verb
  • They turned in the necklace to the lost and found.
  • It is almost midnight, so it's time to turn in.
  • Found items may be turned in to the Guest Services Office.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 22 June 2024
  • Found items may be turned in to the Guest Services Office.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Wilson was in fifth place coming down the final turn in the semis.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 24 June 2024
  • Woods played that four-hole stretch before making the turn in 6 over.
    Dave Skretta, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Or maybe turn in complete profile to the camera for a minute.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Football games can turn in the blink of eye, or by just a stoppage of inches.
    Dan Gilles, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • That song just hit 1 billion streams on YouTube, the same day our writer turned in the script.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The ballots would then be collected by jail staff and turned in to the mailroom.
    Jake Sheridan, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Williams is not yet rejoicing at this new turn in her life.
    Roxanne Jones, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022
  • But there was never like a thing of we’re signing some contract to turn in a song.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • And much like in real life, there could be a reward for turning in your guns.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The iPhone 15 is hitting store shelves next week, but not all Apple lovers are ready to turn in their old phones just yet.
    Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But ByteDance has seen how quickly the tides can turn in Washington.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The Kansas economy did turn in solid growth last year — the 10th best in the nation.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 18 July 2024
  • The flip side Thank you and God bless the person who turned in my coupon book and all of my lottery tickets at Publix.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Jean Bartholomew had the best round of the day, turning in a 69 that moved her up to a tie for ninth place with amateur Terrill Samuel.
    Jodom, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Small groups of men and women await their turn in a gray-walled room, at a table laid with capless pens.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The week before against Green Bay, safety Kerby Joseph took his turn in the limelight.
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Aaron Pierre has a star-making turn in the thriller as a former soldier trying to bail his cousin out.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The car stopped, but then speeded up in reverse, making a U-turn in the driveway and backing up.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Can the page on this season turn in such a meaningful way so quickly?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Kids are required to turn in their phones at the beginning of the day and can't get them back until after school.
    The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2024
  • With Copper on board, Quigley and Vandersloot felt the tide begin to turn in the Sky locker room.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • State police said the helmet – and the attached camera – was found on the lake shore and turned in to troopers Monday.
    Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • Your turn in terms of being able to release your music and go about your career?
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2022
  • And in a sign of what was to come, Hoeft turned in a stellar performance in a stock-picking contest at school.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • After just a few years, though, the hype dimmed; does anyone remember her turn in Noah?
    Rachel Simon, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2022
  • For many years, Avira’s antivirus technology has turned in top marks in these tests.
    PCMAG, 22 Oct. 2024

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