How to Use turn back in a Sentence

turn back

verb

• The three groups took their case to the appeals court but were turned back.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
• At the end, turn back ½-inch of ribbon to overlap the start of the ribbon and pin.
  — Sonja Carmon, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2021
• Votto, the 37-year-old who continues to turn back the clock, was at the top of the list.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2021
• There is no stopping this slow ebbing, no way to turn back the clock.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2021
• In one snap, Vergara turned back to hold up the peace sign and smile for the camera.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
• Advertisement Michalek turned back to the man in the yarmulke.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
• Nix knows that the acclaim could turn back into scorn as the leaves start to brown.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | [e-mail], al, 31 Oct. 2021
• Henry turns back to him, his eyes silver in the wash of the streetlight.
  — Town & Country, 12 Aug. 2023
• Crew members tried to get to the lower decks but were turned back by flames.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• Cher turned back time to the '80s for a skit during an appearance on The Tonight Show.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
• Two birds are on the hunt to turn back time and take turkey off the Thanksgiving menu.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 14 Aug. 2022
• Superman flies around the world fast enough to turn back time.
  — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021
• After the snap, Horn turned back toward the sideline and kept yelling.
  — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2024
• The rescuers had to turn back because of the rough seas, the authorities said.
  — Paolo Santalucia and Luigi Navarra, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2023
• The group had to turn back twice, facing threats, gunfire and a bombing.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2022
• Anne and Wentworth are able to turn back the clock, but not through an effort of will.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 26 July 2022
• To the south, wetlands were restored to turn back the clock to when the river wasn’t confined to a straight path.
  — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Jan. 2023
• Strapped for cash and resources, Democrats are trying to turn back the red tide.
  — Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
• The Bruins are about to turn back into a Pac-12 pumpkin.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2021
• But within just a couple of years, the tide was turning back.
  — Leah Donnella, NPR, 18 May 2024
• So it was either push forward in search of gas or turn back home.
  — Jordan Greene, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
• But Jenkins intercepted a pass in the end zone to turn back the threat.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 23 Dec. 2021
• In a field of bare red dirt in São Paulo state, Paula Costa is trying to turn back the clock.
  — Time, 3 Jan. 2023
• Ellie has chance after chance to turn back, to let go of her pain and begin to heal.
  — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2022
• Couldn’t turn back the clock to October when the air was warmer and the mood happier.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• That’s not the only way in which the awards industry is hoping to turn back the clock.
  — Vulture, 29 Sep. 2022
• Throg is likely what happened in the timeline where Thor couldn’t turn back and was pruned by the TVA.
  — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 12 July 2021
• Time is running out, and Big Jim Thompson can’t turn back the clock this time.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
• Luckily, just in time, Nick whispers the one word in the (British) English language that instantly turns back the clock.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
• By starting Flaherty in Game 1, the team could turn back to the trade-deadline acquisition on normal four days’ rest for Game 5.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024