English example sentences with "turned"

Learn how to use turned in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

Have you turned in your report?

Surprisingly enough, he turned out to be a thief.

The milk turned sour.

The milk has turned sour.

As had been expected, the weather turned out to be very fine.

The condition of the patient turned for the better.

The cold weather has turned the leaves red.

Feeling chilly, I turned on the heater.

The students turned in their term papers.

We turned left at the corner and drove north.

We turned a corner and drove north.

All our things were turned upside down.

Hanako turned out to be a surprisingly nice person.

Some brave passengers caught the pickpocket and turned him over to the police.

The king turned out to be naked.

The prince was turned by magic into a frog.

And the master of the banquet tested the water that had been turned into wine.

Britain's currency crisis has turned into a political one over government failure to stop the pound from going into free-fall.

The driver turned the wheel to the right.

Luck turned in my favor.

The rumor turned out false.

The rumor turned out true.

The wicked witch cast an evil spell on the man and turned him into an insect.

The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.

Lucy turned on the light switch.

Yugoslavia says it's not responsible for the actions of Serbian militias in Bosnia which have killed thousands, ruined cities, and turned 1.3 million people into refugees over the last three months.

Have you turned off the gas yet?

Only a few members turned up at the meeting.

Paul blushed and turned away.

The rumor turned out to be false.

Bill turned on the television.

Unable to accomplish the task by himself, he turned to me for help.

Hideo turned the steering wheel sharply to avoid the bicyclist.

Miss Nicholas swam from Dover on the English side to France in 8 hours and 58 minutes, then turned around and returned to England.

What turned her against you?

Why was I turned down for the job?

No sooner had Tom turned on the TV than the fuse blew.

Would you mind if I turned the TV on?

The TV was turned on.

In tennis and ping-pong backhand the hand is turned backwards in making the stroke.

Fortune has turned in my favor.

You've turned up at the right moment.

Such a proposal would only be turned down immediately.

When she heard that, she turned pale.

It turned out true.

It turned out to be true.

It turned out all for the best.

The story turned my blood cold.

The story turned out to be true.

That voter, Mary Johnson, turned out to be a Democrat.

He turned the problem over in his mind for three days before he did anything about it.

All the leaves on the tree turned yellow.

The leaves of the tree turned yellow.

The report turned out to be false.

The report turned out false.

The soldiers turned traitor.

The day turned out to be fine.

The day turned out wet.

On hearing the news, she turned pale.

When she heard the news, she turned pale.

On hearing the news, he turned pale.

His face turned pale on hearing the news.

The moment she heard the news, she turned pale.

She turned pale at the news.

That man was standing a little ways away, but he turned when he heard Tom shout.

The man turned out to be a private detective.

The university has turned out competent doctors.

The teacher turned out to be sick.

It was stupid of you to have turned down the offer.

The boy turned out to be clever.

The girl turned her back to the man.

The car turned abruptly.

I cannot help feeling that the attempt has turned out to be a failure.

The criminal became a Christian and turned over a new leaf.

Quite a few people turned out for the event.

The expensive machine turned out to be of no use.

The dog turned its head this way and that.

The school has turned out many inventors.

The sea came in sight of us as we turned the corner.

The painting turned out to be a Turner.

The company turned him down for no apparent reason.

Only one third of the members turned up at the meeting.

The dirty boy turned out to be a prince in disguise.

The bout turned out rough and neither boxer was going to win hands down.

The news turned out to be true.

The news turned out false.

The boy turned around then.

The taxi abruptly turned left.

It turned out that the cards were stacked against her from the beginning of the game.

The rumor turned out to be only too true.

The rumor turned out to be groundless.

The beggar turned out to be a thief.

Mr Smith hasn't turned up yet though he promised to.

Mr Smith hasn't turned up yet though he promised to come.

Mr Smith has not turned up yet though he promised to come.

Everything turned out satisfactory.

John turned his back on the company and started on his own.

John's business has turned out to be a complete failure.

I can't understand why John turned down a job as good as that.

Jim turned the key in the lock.

Please fasten your seat belt and observe the "no smoking" sign until it is turned off.

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