at every turn

Idioms  

1. Everywhere; also, continually, at every moment. For example, He found trash strewn about at every turn, or Life holds surprises at every turn. The turn here does not signify change of direction but change of circumstances, and the phrase generally is something of an exaggeration. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

Watch as the fluid camerawork makes her kills look nastier, and the preposterous script allows her to outwit her foes, even with the cards stacked against her at every turn.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

The way this season is going - drama at every turn - a late, late penalty was never going to cut it in terms of theatre.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Gold eluded her at every turn, by excruciatingly small margins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

If Kennedy was an American prince, the lovely and stylish Bessette was his princess, loved, hated and swarmed at every turn by a predatory paparazzi.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

We behaved badly at every turn and received more class reprimands than any other class in the school’s history.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

Related Words

• haphazardly
• randomly