turned comma

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noun British.

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Also called inverted comma.

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How to use turned comma in a sentence

The third suspect, an 18-year-old named Hamyd Mourad, who turned himself in, is part of the same extended family.
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“He turned pale, trembled to a great degree, was much agitated, and began to cry,” she told the court.
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There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Last week I turned 40, a bittersweet occasion because I crossed the line to living longer without my mother than with her.
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Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
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He turned his eyes upon her; but no sympathy was in their beams; no belief in the semblance of her tears.
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Alessandro turned a grateful look on Ramona as he translated this speech, so in unison with Indian modes of thought and feeling.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
The young lady, hearing his step, turned round and stood on the stair, confronting him fiercely.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu