turning
Origin of turning
1Other words from turning
- un·turn·ing, adjective
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How to use turning in a sentence
When you typed a message, the turning wheels and the web of wiring inside them scrambled it.
Hackers thrive on the weak link in cybersecurity: People | Gershom Gorenberg | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostThis rather unfounded optimism for the future is an important part of tradition when it comes to the turning of the calendar year.
Why our superstitious New Year’s Eve traditions are so important | Sarah Todd | December 31, 2020 | QuartzIt seems like a machine, so I’m just ready to be one of the turning parts of it.
In Josh Bell, the Nationals added a big bat. Now Mike Rizzo might search for another. | Jesse Dougherty | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostThe Battle of Gettysburg that July is now seen as the war’s turning point, but Lincoln had yet to even issue the Emancipation Proclamation when he fell ill.
In fact, variolation saw a crucial turning point in American nearly half a century earlier—and was already widely used in India, Africa, and Turkey by that time.
Pig sex and celery have a surprising connection | PopSci Staff | September 30, 2020 | Popular-Science
But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
Emetophobia tends to compromise my relationships, turning me into a selfish jerk.
These days, plenty of women are turning to online sites for no-frills male companionship.
Career-Minded Women Turn to Male Escorts For No-Strings Fun and (Maybe) Sex | Aurora Snow | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.
The Butterbrief, issued by Pope Innocent VIII, was a turning point for the then bland Stollen, which gradually became sweeter.
One Cake to Rule Them All: How Stollen Stole Our Hearts | Molly Hannon | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen he had finished, she took them from his hand, and turning them round in agitated silence, examined their seals and writing.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThere was a great comparing of papers, and turning over of leaves, by Fogg and Perker, after this statement of profit and loss.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensOf silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousFurther enlightenment (as with men) comes through grace as soon as they become beati through turning to good.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn TaylorHe sang the words with an odd, emphatic slowness, turning to look at Lettice between the phrases.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for turning
/ (ˈtɜːnɪŋ) /
Also called: turn a road, river, or path that turns off the main way: the fourth turning on the right
the point where such a way turns off
a bend in a straight course
an object made on a lathe
another name for turnery (def. 2)
(plural) the waste produced in turning on a lathe
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